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Re: Compressed air for rapidly cooling motors?

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Originally Posted by ctt956 View Post
DO NOT use a canned "air" duster to cool it, especially the liquid. Spraying highly flammable liquid that gives off highly flammable fumes onto a burning hot motor near electrical stuff will not end well! Not to mention that the fumes are also highly toxic. Regular compressed air, as in what you get out of a compressor that's used for riveting/nailing/etc, will cool the motors. If the pressure is high enough, it will be cold enough to cause frostbite. Even if it's not cold, passing the cool air over the CIMs will cool them down. It's like a fan blowing on a heat sink.
We had our pit partners ask for an ice pack during the finals to which we gave them our ice pack from our first aid kit I guess that works lol
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