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Re: Help Calculating time to recharge air tanks
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Originally Posted by Jon Stratis
How was the test system controlled? I'm curious what difference (if any) we would see controlling the compressor via a spike versus the new PCM. I'm particularly interested in the surge current for the PCM... Can we measure it both between the PCM and the compressor, and between the PCM and the PDP? The results of such a test may impact whether teams hook their PCM up through the dedicated port with a fuse, or go through a WAGO and a circuit breaker.
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I am interested in that, also.
My test results above were made using the highly illegal method of series connecting a pressure switch to the compressor -- the opposite of soft-starting!
Can someone try the tests Jon suggests using the PCM? We have already returned our beta hardware, and it may be a couple of days before we are ready to test this on our 2015 robot.
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