Heavyweight removable link

[joey_picus]

*four* links?

[Eventorizon]

*four* links?

One per motor: for safety, trouble shooting and making sure we don't burn any connectors out.

[joey_picus]

One per motor: for safety, trouble shooting and making sure we don't burn any connectors out.

Fair enough, I'll stick with the traditional one I think!

[Eventorizon]

Fair enough, I'll stick with the traditional one I think!

Oh yeah, I missed one... SIZE! We can't fit a 150A Anderson in the robot so we had to go for multiple smaller ones

[maddox10]

I have seen too many self removing Anderson links in the 15 years I'm a roboteer.

Since we went to EC5 for Bullfrog, we didn't suffer from that anymore.

[Lee]

I have used a 2 pin plug and socket, on the socket my positive is wired into - and out from
+ and I have joined the pins in the plug. The plug has no fuse and therefore no rating, will this be allowed?

[overkill]

Do you mean a mains power plug? They are not rated for the high currents in a heavyweight and it will likely melt.

[Lee]

Yeh, it's an older ceramic 2 pin wit the copper pins Joined by 16 AWG cable - is this a no go?

[Lee]

2 copper pins joined by 16 AWG inside ceramic seems more robust and heatproof than an XT60 or EC5 or 8. The build rules just say ratings need to be adhered to but this has no rating on it, is it a case of testing it and if it doesn't melt I can use it?

[Mouldy]

EC8's are fine.. but how you mount them is more important. If you just have an access hole with no cover/ no physical stop to prevent the connector coming out... it probably will.