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Unread 17-01-2005, 07:44
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Re: Blowing the 120A breaker?

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Originally Posted by colt527
OK, well here is the deal. We are planning to use 4 CIM's to drive the robot using the gearbox that FIRST supplied us, and 1 motor, probably a window motor to raise a pulley system.

Ken,
The First supplied gearbox has been designed for efficient driving using two Chalupas for each box. The 120 amp circuit breaker should not trip in a two minute match with those motors and a normal array of other motors. It is unlikely that you will be running all the motors at the sme time, and a two minute match should keep you under the trip charachteristics of the breaker.
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