Thread: Legality of running a capacitor inline with roboRIO power
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Re: Legality of running a capacitor inline with roboRIO power
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Originally Posted by ImOn3618 View Post
We wouldn't have passed inspection if it was powered from the wrong place. We've got it running off the same rail as the VRM and PCM(which we don't have) on the PDP.
That is not the correct place to connect the roboRIO power. The VRM and PCM outputs have a green label and share a 20A fuse. The roboRIO power is a specific output from the PDP with a blue label and a 10A fuse.