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Unread 09-12-2007, 15:00
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Re: What will it take to overheat A victor?

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Originally Posted by popo308 View Post
We recently made some off season mini-robots and we ran all the victors without fans on them. They worked fine, the victors never shut down or went up in smoke because of heat. I know that the victors are rated to handle much more voltage. (i believe up to 48 volts??) So at 12 volts its really not hard on the victor at all. It should have no problem running at 12 volts with not fan on.
Only the 885 is rated for 48 volts and this model is not available for use on FIRST robots. Although the controller may run at 24 volts, the internal voltage regulator may get too hot for continuous duty at this voltage. The 884 and it's predeccessor the 883, are rated for 12 volts continuous duty.
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