Burnt Fuses

[Foster]

I'll jump on the "change the fuse to a breaker on the spike that controls the compressor" bandwagon. The compressor will draw more than 20 amps when it tries to start when the compressor is hot. And if your robot is like ours the compressor runs a lot.

The rules are clear on the breaker in a Spike is only for the compressor. If you are going to put a motor on a spike (not the FP or CIM motors) you must use a fuse. Make sure you check the size of the fuse.

Not to push Al off his "use big wire" soapbox, but use big wire. Use #10 wire when possible. Get all the electrons you can to each device. Smaller wires mean voltage drop, lower voltages with the same load means higher currents. Higher currents means burnt fuses. Use big wire!