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Re: Off robot air compressor

I say this every year but I'll say it again. Put a pressure relief valve on the robot and I know that the team hasn't overpressureized with an on board compresser. You have one on the compressor and one on the accumulator to prevent someone from trying to charge into a closed valve and you're done. Do this and it becomes impossible to overpressurize any leg of the system. The additional parts of the pressure switch etc. could be on or off board and wired the same, but if teams actually had to have a pressure relief valve on board I would actually believe none of them tried to overpressurize.

Also most Thomas of this size have a thermal overload, so I would expect the kit one to as well.
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