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Re: DIGILENT MOTOR CONTROLS

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Originally Posted by mman1506 View Post
Has anyone ever had a victor or talon fail during normal usage? I've never even seen one get remotely hot. Are these features necessary?
The Victor SP has a sustained current rating of 60A. In an FRC application, it's protected by a breaker that will trip after at most 47 seconds at that load. It's already over specified for an FRC application. So no, I don't think thermally overloading Victors is a common occurrence in FRC.

On the other hand, the world is bigger than FRC, so I suspect there is in fact a market for a controller that is $20 cheaper than a Talon SRX but has enough smarts to protect itself from overcurrent and overheating.
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