Team Saint Robot Builds

**Mega Masher** · 14th January 2014, 17:14

Wet noodle wire from robot marketplace????

**craig_colliass** · 6th March 2014, 09:45

I realised I hadn't put up any pictures of Tron with it completed so here they are.
As you can see the LiPo battery is held in an aluminium box and the Maxi type fuse holder with 50A fuse is clamped down, looking forward to running it at Portsmouth.

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**Mouldy** · 22nd February 2014, 15:52

Only used EC5- this is my method;

Strip and tin the wire, make sure it still fits in the connector... Heat and tin the inside of the connector, push the wire in while maintaining the heat and add solder as required...

The most important thing is to make sure the outside of the brass contact is clean, if there's a blob of solder on it, it'll never go in the whole... Then get a small screwdriver push the connector on it and lean on it- takes a fair bit of force to get it to click into position but once it's in, it's not coming out.

**Ellis** · 23rd February 2014, 10:22

Might be worth getting one of both and testing. I'd expect the 50a to hold fine, the motors would have to be screaming at 12v to be pulling 50a between them, and even if they do the fuse wouldn't blow immediately. The 70a would still be well inside the rules though.

edit: also yep, that baseplate looks like it could do with a spruce up. :P

**PJ-27** · 24th February 2014, 09:38

Seems fine to me ...

**craig_colliass** · 25th March 2014, 14:44

I have gone over to 500 grade HDPE it is less expensive than UHMWPE or RG2000 I always wanted white but the RG2000 only comes in black and green!
Hope that clears that one up.
I am thinking of calling this robot after a short lived featherweight, Gabriel what do people think?