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Originally Posted by GeeTwo
If you're going to need 12W or more, absolutely. Make sure you include a hard stop in turn angle so you don't break your potentiometer.
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Originally Posted by mman1506
I'm a bit confused about what your trying to say here. Why would consuming more than 12W break the servo's potentiometer?
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Two separate things. As Mark said, 12W is the supply limit from the RoboRIO.
The hard machanical stop is to keep your potentiometer from mechanically breaking. In FRC you can pretty much count on any mechanism taking more torque than any normal potentiometer can withstand, e.g. in a collision.