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From: Ed Mellinger <meed@mbari.org>
Subject: Pan/Tilt drivers (fwd)
To: mcgill@wave.mbari.org (Paul McGill),
        matthews@wave.mbari.org (Michael Matthews),
        kiwi@wave.mbari.org (William Kirkwood),
        neji@wave.mbari.org (Jim Newman)
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 96 13:21:05 PST
Cc: meed@wave.mbari.org (Ed Mellinger)
Mailer: Elm [revision: 70.85]
Status: RO

> 
> Perhaps we should we consider reducing the 48V bus voltage even more than
> we have when the P/Ts are connected.
> 
> Paul

The nominal 48V bus range is 56V no load, 40V full load.  ("Load" means
total vehicle load including 240V load.)  We *could* set the topside
voltage for 42V on the 48V bus, but the only things we could run would
be the cameras and pan/tilts; no lights and especially no thrusters.
Total available power would be just a few or several hundred watts.

-Ed