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Re: exact same problem

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Originally posted by tarbell
it really doesn;t matter at this point but our team is having the exact same problem. a solution that was thought of is something that I have a question of legality. is it leagal to use 2 speed controlers for each motor that way it really doesn;t change the way it drives but will give you double the aprage. it was an intersting thought that we had after regionals and since we arn;t going to nationals it doesn;t matter that much. we were just curious if this is leagl and/or will it work
Is it legal? No

Will it work? NO...the internal electronics of the speed controller cause a pulsing power stream to be sent to the robot(i.e., not 6v, but 12v half the time - it's been discussed here before)...there is no way for this power pulse to be syncronized between the two speed controllers, so catastrophic failure of one or both controllers, and perhaps the motor, will result if you try this...
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