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Re: Do CIM elevator motors overheat?

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Originally Posted by Conor Ryan View Post
You likely won't pull it off without breakers tripping first (at least if you have some sort of gear reduction).

But if your cim's are running hot, you can always add one of these: http://store.nextgenrobots.com/products (hint, use some thermal paste, its legal), or just a couple of fans.
Last year we stalled a (mini)cim pretty much the entire match, every match. Never tripped a breaker.

It's all about WHAT voltage you stall at.
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