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Current splitter. Second branch at 161 Ω. Combined resistance 68.72 Ω, Bus requirement 48 Ω. Currently combined resistance is over by 20.718 Ω.TUNINGSOURCECOMBINED RESISTANCEBUS REQUIREMENT161 Ω
t = 0.0s

Combined resistance

68.72Ω

Bus requirement

48Ω

161 Ω

Current splitter. Second branch at 161 Ω. Combined resistance 68.72 Ω, Bus requirement 48 Ω. Currently combined resistance is over by 20.718 Ω.

What has to balance1RT=1R1+1R2\frac{1}{R_T} = \frac{1}{R_1} + \frac{1}{R_2}

What is happening

You are called to a rover heater bank drawing from one battery bus.

The bus is drawing more current than it can carry. It needs to see 48 Ω combined, one heater element is fixed at 120 Ω, and the second is misconfigured.