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Re: Light powering - voltages?

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Originally Posted by mtaman02 View Post
If your talking about the Green Lights that FIRST uses I have been using a 12v battery to power the lights. Chances are FIRST will use a 12v power supply to power the green lights.
if you find out what power supply they are using let us know. when I tested how much current the boxes were pulling (i was using two fans to cool it though i think the design only calls for one) i got a reading of 1.3 A at 12v DC. for just one box with 8 lights.