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Re: pic: XBot 2007 electronics panel

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Originally Posted by Rich Ross View Post
Is there any chance at seeing an updated version of this panel? I know you said it was going off to be weighed, so im guessing it is completed by now. It appears very efficient and neat, and I hope that it meets your requirements well.
The board came out to be about 7lbs with everything except the four remaining victors. The kids were half way through finishing the wiring up for those on tuesday and should finish tonight. If they do, I will post another picture.

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Originally Posted by NeedMoreEngines View Post
What did you with the victor fan wires? do they go the speed controller power contact? we've always just sent them right to the circuit panel thing. is there an easier (shorter, really) way to do it?
if there is can you let us know?
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Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz View Post
Mike,
I recommend teams wire the fans in parallel with the power input to the Victors. this is allowed under the rules and it is an easy indication that the Victor is getting power. You can shorten the wires leading to the fan and this will neaten up the wiring.
This is what we did. We shortened the fan wires, and rotated the fans so that the wires go directly down to the power inputs to the victors. It is way easier and makes things much cleaner.

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Originally Posted by GMKlenklen View Post
yah, but fans have a tendency to die and short out... I wire all mine to a seperate 20amp circuit breaker... if only i could get like a 5 amp or something.
I have never had this happen to any fan on any machine I have ran in the past four years. Was there any specific circumstances that caused these failures?