[andreboos]

Love 'em too.

In 2010, we wanted to be able to disconnect our electronics board entirely from the rest of the robot. Some 12-gauge quick-disconnect connectors would not crimp properly. We got some automotive alternator connectors that claimed to handle 50 amps, even though the wires looked a bit small, but they were COTS connectors, so we wired them up. We drove the robot the night before ship. A few minutes in, the wires that came with the connectors began smoking. We removed the electronics board shipped the robot with wires still warm.

Before our first regional, one of our mentors went to an amateur radio store and got us a ratchet crimper and a set of 40A Anderson Powerpole connectors, which we promptly crimped onto the leads from our electronics board. When we got to the regional, we crimped the connectors onto the motor leads. Worked well.

Now we use them on anything that might have to be disconnected, right down to cRIO and breakout power.

Where do other teams buy theirs? We bought ours from PowerWerx last year but then found them on McMaster-Carr this year and then lumped them in with another order.