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Re: 120 Amp Breaker Setup

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Originally Posted by Richard Wallace View Post
I'm with Don on this one. I would be concerned about "forseeable misuse" if the battery and PDP leads were long enough to enable connecting them directly; i.e., bypassing the main breaker.
Got it. I never really thought about it that way. I was trying to find something to make our new elec. box more modular and transferrable between robots, and main power cable lengths seem have posed a few issues for me in the past. Good thing I checked before actually implementing it. Thanks for the help.