Using 9 motors on the robot

[Joe Ross]

Originally Posted by Jon236

Look at the power requirements for the motors. Only the CIMS and the Fisher-Price motors require 40 Amp breakers; the rest can use the 30 Amp connections.

Are you sure about that? I looked at this year's rules, and could not find any requirement that a CIM or a fisher price require 40 amp breakers. Best I could tell, any motor can use any size circuit breaker, as long as the wire was sized properly.

For example, a fisher price motor can draw more then 40 amps at stall, but it will also burn itself up at stall. It may be wise to use a smaller breaker.