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Re: pic: Early Christmas!

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Originally Posted by darkember View Post
I found something wierd. When the pneumatic bumper was plugged into the power distribution board and there wasn't any breaker, we were reading between 2-3 volts. When the breacker was plugged in we were reading the intended 12v. What i dont get is how we still got voltage without a breaker. Any Ideas?
There is ~100kOhms of leakage around the breaker on the PD. Your 2-3V isn't real, it will disappear as soon as any sort of load is applied.
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