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Originally Posted by Steve Warner
We are using a Banner sensor on our robot this year and were asked by a KC inspector to add an inline fuse since the wire from the sensor was < #18 on a 20 amp breaker.
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Originally Posted by MCahoon
By R47, he could (should) have required you to replace the wire with a 18 AWG wire or larger.
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When the wire is permanently attached to the sensor, it's not reasonable to require it to be changed.
Our 2009 robot design had a 5A fuse inline with the 12V power to the Banner sensor for exactly the reason the KC inspector gave. (There was a brief moment of contention when one of the inspectors at DC didn't think such fuses were legal, but he was of course unable to come up with any support for that opinion in either the manual or the inspectors' checklist.)