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Re: Brown out / breaker trips with Pneumatic Tires

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Originally Posted by Chris Mounts View Post
I think we had "bad" breakers. I'm not sure what exactly that means but when we replaced all the 40a with new breakers the RoboRio started doing what it is supposed to do and turned the motors off.
As my grandfather might say if he were around to see this competition: Tripping breakers is like writing a bad check. It's hard the first time, but then it just gets easier and easier. (No really, a breaker will trip sooner on successive high-current loads because it's been broken in.)

You may also want to try different air pressures in your tires or different tires entirely. 200x50 tires like AndyMark sells are a semi-standard size, so they'll mount to the same hubs. We bought several of these and found they have less grip than the AndyMarks, but they're also a smaller diameter than the AndyMarks. Only you can say whether that's a good or bad thing.
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2004-2006: FRC 1293 (D5 Robotics) - Student, Mentor, Coach
2007-2009: FRC 1618 (Capital Robotics) - Mentor, Coach
2009-2013: FRC 2815 (Los Pollos Locos) - Mentor, Coach - Palmetto '09, Peachtree '11, Palmetto '11, Palmetto '12
2010: FRC 1398 (Keenan Robo-Raiders) - Mentor - Palmetto '10
2014-2016: FRC 4901 (Garnet Squadron) - Co-Founder and Head Bot Coach - Orlando '14, SCRIW '16
2017-: FRC 5402 (Iron Kings) - Mentor

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