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Re: Compressed air for rapidly cooling motors?
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Originally Posted by aphelps231 View Post
it was a common belief (on 1318) that super cooling CIMs was bad for them
It was? How did I miss out on a common belief?

We didn't have a problem with motors or the main breaker getting too hot in 2014 with the exception of the compressor and everything at long outreach events. The drive train was geared very conservatively (4cims 10.71:1 w/4" wheels)

Teams sometimes cool motors to get a little more performance but I havent seen any data as to how effective this is over such a short amount of time. The big thing in 2014 was cooling main breakers as they are triggred by temperature
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