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Originally Posted by Allison K
Thanks DJ.
So to make sure I have this all right.
The two 3/8" drill motors each go to a victor 883. The victors connet to the circcuit breaker (same this as a fuse box?).
The two van door motors are the same as the drills- motors to victors to circuit breaker.
The two window motors each go to a spike which connects to the circuit breaker.
For the pnuematics, both the solenoid and the compressor connect to spikes.
-Are the spikes really necessary?
-Why do the solenoids we have have four wires each? Do they all connect to one spike, or do we need two spikes for each solenoid?
More questions.
-Do we need more than one circuit breaker?
-How do we connect the Circuit Breaker to the RC?
-Can the 2004 EDU RC handle all that, or do we need to connect that stuff to the old full size RC?
Allison
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Not to be pedantic but you can't use Victor 883's. You need to use Victor 884's (which have been available for the last two years).
As for the spikes connected to the pneumatics, yes they are necessary. Without the spikes it would be impossible to switch the compressor and the solenoids on and off.
You most definitely need more than one circuit breaker. Each Victor gets placed on its own circuit breaker. If the Victor is driving a drill motor or a CIM motor, it should be attached to one of the 40 amp circuit breakers. For any of the other motors, it should be attached to a 30 amp circuit breaker. The spikes which drive motors are connected to 30 amp circuit breakers while the spikes connected to solonoids are connected to a 20 amp breaker. The robot controller is a 20 amp breaker.
To connect a circuit breaker to the RC, you need to put the circuit breaker in series with the positive power terminal for the RC.
You need to use the full size RC on this year's robot. You can't use the EDU RC.
Matt