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Originally Posted by Jon Stratis
The rule on the main breaker isn't "strongly recommend".
It's "must be". I will grant you that "quickly accessible" is a judgement call on the part of the inspector... But I can't think of a way to word such a rule as to remove judgement from the equation. All robots are designed differently, and a location that works on one won't work on another. The bottom line with this rule is how you want the event staff to handle your robot should it start smoking - pull out the fire extinguisher and give your electronics a dousing, or kill power quickly and safely? One way you'll likely be back on the field for your next match. The other is a huge mess.
Honestly, I've never had a problem getting a team to move their main breaker or vent plug valve to someplace more accessible. They all seem to understand the safety reasons (at least, the mentors do) for it and comply quickly and willingly.
Now, I have to ask... why is it such a big deal to have the vent plug valve on the low side? What do you get from that that other teams don't get by having theirs on the high side? Why not just hook up the pneumatics similar to figure 4-15 like everyone else to begin with? You seem to be very adamant about this, yet your robot has already been changed to have it on the high side...
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It isn't an overly big deal at this point. I was just wanting al to say it has to be on the high side, or it doesn't matter. In all reality it doesn't make a difference where the valve is located as long as the system is emptied in a timely fashion.
Now what's a timely fashion?? Our robot has two tanks, so it takes very very little time.
As for the breaker. I was referring to the blue box about the label saying breaker here.