Using CIMs at 30 amps?

[EricH]

Originally Posted by woughtera

It says that we need a circuit breaker value of "up to 40A" for the motor controllers (in the Branch circuit protection table 4-2). Does this mean we can legally use 30A for 2 of our motor controllers? Also, if CIMs don't run well off of 30 amps, could the mini-CIMs run fine on only 30A?

What part of "up to" precludes the use of 30A breakers?


The other question you should be asking is, why not use the 4 mini-CIMs on the shooter and 4 CIMs in the drivetrain, with 2 CIMs working with the mini-CIMs in the shooter?