27-01-2007 22:41

Gamer930

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Wow 8 - 40 AMP Breakers / Motors!! I can watch the battery power drop already. . . 4 Spikes also . . . .

Some nice wiring for that may motors/spikes. . . . Not sure if I want to see the Operator Control board or Software to control them all. Nice Job

27-01-2007 22:43

Syncopation

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Nice bundling. I'm still not used to the new yellow backup battery, though.

I'm agreeing with Gamer930... keep those batteries charged!

27-01-2007 22:54

matthewsh

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Nice job! Very clean. One thing though, you need to hook up both maxi circuit breaker panels to the power distribution block separately.

<R57>
All circuit breaker distribution panels must be connected directly to the power distribution block. No intermediate connections are permitted.

Other than that it looks great.

Matthew

27-01-2007 23:52

RyanN

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I'm not sure of your application for 8 Victors, but you can hook the Victors up to the black fuse panel. I would recommend this for weight and simplicity reasons, but I'm not sure of the motors you will be attaching. I agree with Matthew, you must hook the other fuse panel to the power distribution block, it is clearly stated in the rules.

Ryan

28-01-2007 00:49

Jeffrafa

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Please, please replace that poor 12 gauge wire going from the 120A breaker to the power distribution block with a 6 gauge wire appropriate for the load. Otherwise its bound to go up in smoke once you get a few of those vics pulling amps - and that wouldn't be pretty!

And run a separate lead for the second maxi, as previously noted.

Other than that, it looks good - nice and compact and fairly tidy wire bundles

EDIT: Actually, I think based on <R57> you may need 6 gauge wire from the power distribution block to each of your breakers as well. I'm not an electronics guy though, so someone should check me on that. I couldn't find anything stating that you MUST have 6 AWG there, but the 7th bullet of that rule suggests such.

- Jeff

28-01-2007 02:45

ZackCraig

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Looks... Simple, which is good for swift accurate repairs and managing

29-01-2007 15:41

jason701802

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only CIM motors use 40A and you can only have 4 2.5in and 2 3in CIM motors, for those of you that don't know math thats 6 motors not 8

29-01-2007 15:54

K.Porter

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Yes, as has been stated previously: #6 awg, please!
That 12 gauge will go up in smoke if you actually run all the victors in that configuration.

You may also want to plan on switching some of the leads to the Victors over to the other breaker panel. Many of the motors you may use only draw 20 or 30 amps, and those breakers won't fit in the 40 amp maxi blocks you have now.

29-01-2007 16:24

lukevanoort

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This is incorrect. The Fisher Price motor pulls enough current that they could warrant the use of a 40A breaker, however they will be prone to letting out their magic smoke if run near that. 4 CIMs + 2 FPCIMS + 2 FP = 8.

29-01-2007 20:18

imax48236

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Thanks for the suggestions, we have fixed the guages from the distribution block and from the main breaker.