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Re: Muffin Fans

My question is probably stupid, but out of curiosity. Why the heck do they call the small fans Muffin Fans? I think it's a strange name. But I think that you should be able to connect the fans directly to a breaker since we do that with the fans on the Victors. However, it might be illegal to connect two fans to one Spike. Even though the current draw is no where close to burning out the Spike, rule R90 might keep you from doing this. It depends on what FIRST considers the fans to be.

Quote:
<R98> Relay modules must be protected with a 20A circuit breaker. Multiple devices may be
connected to relay modules if desired (but only one motor may be connected to each relay
module).
I consider Muffin Fans to be part of the "Multiple devices", but you would have to contact FIRST about their interpretation.
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