diff --git a/contents/safety-report.tex b/contents/safety-report.tex index 0b3bd54..fd24e4b 100644 --- a/contents/safety-report.tex +++ b/contents/safety-report.tex @@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ \section{Appendix} \item The word \textit{should} indicates a suggestion which may become a requirement in future competitions. \item A \textit{circuit} is one or more electricity-consuming devices (and the connections between them) which draw current from a single power source through a common \textit{circuit protection} element. \item \textit{Regulators} consume and provide power, with their input and outputs counting as at least one \textit{circuit} each. - \item The \textit{current rating} of a component is the manufacturer-published value indicating the maximum acceptable amperage consumed or provided by the device in normal continuous conditions. Transient, burst, or peak current limits are \textbf{not} current ratings. + \item The \textit{current rating} of a component is the manufacturer-published value indicating the maximum acceptable amperage consumed or provided by the device in normal continuous conditions. Transient, burst, or peak current limits are \textbf{not} \textit{current ratings}. \item The \textit{current rating} of \textit{circuit protection} is the amperage above which it is designed to interrupt current flow. \item \textit{Circuit protection} is a fuse or electromechanical circuit-breaker which reliably interrupts excessive current flows through a connected \textit{circuit}. Software-based solutions are \textbf{insufficient}. Motor controllers, power regulators, or other devices with current limiting capabilities are \textbf{not} sufficient for use as circuit protection. Self-resetting fuses are also \textbf{insufficient}. \item A \textit{kill switch} is a physical switch mounted on a rover which, when pressed down, causes the interruption of power to \textbf{all} rover systems until the switch is manually reset.