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Jon Stratis
09-03-2014, 16:26
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eddie12390
09-03-2014, 16:27
And now every year from here on out they'll cover their electronics board with 0.5" Polycarbonate ;p
xXhunter47Xx
09-03-2014, 16:28
It would've been an effective strategy in auton where it would create a smokescreen to stop hot goal detection :P
cgmv123
09-03-2014, 16:28
Holy smokes! :D That's got to be the most magic smoke I've ever seen. How many of their parts needed to be replaced?
Michael Hill
09-03-2014, 18:16
As crappy that situation must have been, that's a pretty cool shot with the lighting like that.
wlaroche
09-03-2014, 18:25
Holy smokes! :D That's got to be the most magic smoke I've ever seen. How many of their parts needed to be replaced?

Every electrical component needed to be replaced, they lost everything, including the wiring. The team had it back on the field in two or three matches.
cadandcookies
09-03-2014, 19:27
Every electrical component needed to be replaced, they lost everything, including the wiring. The team had it back on the field in two or three matches.

One of the control systems experts showed me a picture of their wiring with all the insulation burned off. Looked absolutely nasty. I'm glad they recovered!
D_Price
09-03-2014, 19:33
They had it back in two to three matches? Now that is some pit crew! Nascar should hire them! :D
Tem1514 Mentor
09-03-2014, 19:34
It just shows what 150 amps at 12 volts DC can do.:eek:

As a lesson learned, are there any pictures we can use to show what may happen when things really go wrong?

Let us all learn from this and not make the same mistake ever again or should say try not to.
Bryan Herbst
09-03-2014, 21:16
They had it back in two to three matches? Now that is some pit crew! Nascar should hire them! :D

To be clear, they missed 2 or 3 of their matches, not 2 or 3 total matches.
As a lesson learned, are there any pictures we can use to show what may happen when things really go wrong?

A mentor from the team posted this picture on Reddit (http://www.reddit.com/r/FRC/comments/1ztzd3/some_technical_difficulties_in_duluth_at_the_lake/cfxhvui):
http://i.imgur.com/91NyF0v.jpg
DonRotolo
10-03-2014, 20:31
A mentor from the team posted this picture on Reddit (http://www.reddit.com/r/FRC/comments/1ztzd3/some_technical_difficulties_in_duluth_at_the_lake/cfxhvui):
http://i.imgur.com/91NyF0v.jpg
How many times have we told them to use insulated wire?? :p
orangemoore
10-03-2014, 20:33
That picture is really scary.