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Re: CIM Drive Train motors

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Originally Posted by popo308 View Post
not necessarily.... When thoose CIM motors stall they hog power.

our 2006 robot had 1 CIM on each side and they hauled all 120lbs around and after 2 minutes you could tell the battery was getting low.... plus with the other attachments on there the battery drained very fast.
Hence the "MIGHT". A number of factors go into how fast your battery drains, but the more motors you have running, the faster it'll drain. The compressor running all the time will kill you also.
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