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Unread 28-03-2011, 06:10
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Re: What would a safe robot look like?

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Originally Posted by ratdude747 View Post
never solder good mechanical connections... solder improves bad physical connections and makes good ones go bad (wires heating tot he point of thermally tripping the 120A breaker is bad).

always use a good crimper...


I am not sure what your statement is about soldering. We solder every connection. We use uninsulated crimps, then solder and add heatshrink. We do this because we lost to Beatty in the Champs finals many years ago when a crimp failed. We will not lose to Beatty for this reason ever again. They are too good!
The last crimper in your post is also meant for uninsulated terminals. It is the very one we use for those terminals.
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