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Re: How to limit the maximum current a miniCIM can draw?

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Originally Posted by Chak View Post
Kind of irrelevant, but I'm curious: how did you get 333:1? 333 factors to 3*3*37, so you would need a 37:1 stage somewhere. Who in the world makes 37:1 ratios?
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Originally Posted by cgmv123 View Post
My guess is they're using a chain reduction with a non-integer (when reduced to n:1) ratio.
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Originally Posted by GeeTwo View Post
I agree. A simple way to get there would be a VP with two 10:1 stages, then a 10:3 in chain (18t driving 60t).
We used two 10:1 stages in a VP and a chain (18t driving 60t)

GeeTwo hit it on the nose.