Splitting power out

[Coolspeedbot]

Actually it was last year I changed it all, but here it is anyway. The link and battery connector are on the left, fuse at the top, three Deans connectors (two for the TZ85s spliced together, one for the weapon ESC) on the right and a mini Deans at the bottom for the LED. That's literally all there is to it.

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whats the fuse for exactly?

and do all robots need them?

[Garfie489]

whats the fuse for exactly?

and do all robots need them?

Not intending to sound harsh, but if you need to ask that question then really you should be looking up both basic electronics and the FRA rules.

Fuses are basic electronic safety devices, to put it in simple terms if you get a runaway of power demand then the fuse breaks the circuit by failing in a fail-safe way below the level where other more critical components would do the same. Fuses hence protect your house, and i believe by law are built into the plug of every standard UK appliance - so should they ever have a short, electrocute someone ect - instead of blowing up they just burn the fuse instead.

Similarly the question of "do all robots need them" is answered in the FRA rules. Read them, because otherwise there may be some other safety information youve missed.