Heavyweight removable link

**joey_picus** · 20th October 2016, 17:59

*four* links?

**Eventorizon** · 20th October 2016, 18:12

Originally Posted by joey_picus

*four* links?

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

**joey_picus** · 20th October 2016, 18:46

Originally Posted by Eventorizon

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** · 21st October 2016, 06:25

Originally Posted by joey_picus

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** · 21st October 2016, 07:35

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** · 21st October 2016, 23:27

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** · 22nd October 2016, 04:19

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

**Mouldy** · 22nd October 2016, 07:27

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.