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Re: Adding air between matches

The rated duty cycle of the little compressor assumes that it does not have any additional cooling...we've found that using one of the small fans that is allowed on the robot for cooling speed controllers, will also work to cool the compressor sufficiently to run it at 100% duty cycle for a match, or longer. Without the cooling fan, the compressor will get so hot that it can even melt the plastic air tubing connected to it! not good.

YMMV.