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Originally Posted by Billfred
That robot as you described it should not have passed inspection. The rules only allow the Snap-Action breakers as given in the kit (and it says so on the inspection checklist)--the only fuses anywhere on the robot are found on the Spike relays, which even a hurried inspector should be able to catch when it's connected to a CIM motor. If you spot such a thing again, please do flag down an inspector. Surely some team somewhere had another breaker block available for such an emergency.
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^^ What he said.
While its been about a year since I saw an inspection sheet, I seem to remmeber one of the items on the inspection list (Al, please correct me if I'm wrong) it said "XX AWG wire loads are protected with a XX Amp Snap Action breaker" and listed the wire sizes and breakers respectively. On a side note (from my understanding of the rules) that there was nothing wrong with putting a CIM (big or small) on a 30A breaker, as long as it had the proper wire gauge, which would be an easy swap to fix.
With that said, I'd much rather go out into a match with 30A breakers compared to 40A fuses. For any team that gets tangled up in this mess, and has a dead partner on the field .. I'll offer this advice - Push them up to the top of the ramp and leave them there 5 or more points. Better than nothing
