[FTC]: HI PLZ HELP, Can we solder...

[sullivan_owns]

Hi, can you plz help me, and fast.

Me and my team were wondering if we are allowed to solder the Drive Gear Connecting cables to the Drive gears posive and negitive slot/feed???

Thx plz reply back soon and fast!

[ttldomination]

No soldering allowed. Period. But try the Q&A Forum.

[sullivan_owns]

O crap, thank you, but we were wondering if we are allowed to solder wires to wires? not to like tetricks parts?? can we do that at least???

[jbbjjbt]

If you are talking about the drive motors. Read the Q and A. You are allowed to make new wires of any length with exactly the same size and color wires and a crimp on connection specified in the Q and A.

[PhilBot]

If you are talking about the drive motors. Read the Q and A. You are allowed to make new wires of any length with exactly the same size and color wires and a crimp on connection specified in the Q and A.

The FTC rules have been insanely strict about no soldering, heat shrinking etc, until the recent post about the encoder wires....

This recent post just confuses everything...

http://forums.usfirst.org/showpost.php?p=22083&postcount=138

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Originally Posted by 2008FTC2961
Q: One of the four small wires on the encoder end of one of our motor shaft encoder wires detached from the plastic housing, and we've been unable to repair it. Would it be legal to splice the original wire into a new connector of the same type, as found here? http://www.shaftencoders.com/product...ca-mic4-w4-nc/

A: Yes. Make sure your splices are shielded and neat. See also previous question.
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So... to me, "Splices" means soldering, and "shielded" means heat shrunk or something simmilar.

It seems that FTCgame2 is being much more reasonable than FTCgame4.

Oi.....