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Originally Posted by SeanFitz
But if the main breaker trips at 120, how does a drive train even run at all. Wouldn't 4 CIMs be running at 160 amps for the whole match?
(Again, not an electrical engineer, just a confused mechanical one  ) |
The main breaker has to be over 120 amps for a while before it trips. If I recall correctly, it will take about 40 seconds for it to trip at 240 amps and about 5 seconds at 500 amps. The motors in your drive train will probably each spend most of their times under 40 amps of current in a match.
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