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Re: PDP resistance

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Originally Posted by BBaltrusch View Post
Could someone do us a favor and measure the resistance between the + and - terminals on a PDP? Our practice board is 77 ohms. We did have a wiring issue and popped some breakers, worried the board is toast. I know I measured each terminal to chassis on the comp bot before bag and they were fine, think I had several hundred k + to - but not sure. Don't have a 3rd PDP to check.
Do you have any fuses in the PDP? It may be possible that metal shavings are somehow shorting the PDP somewhere. 77 ohms is way too low of a resistance between supply rails. Keep us updated!
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