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Re: Higher Quality Wire/Connectors
We've gotten plenty of wire from McMaster in the past, it really is good stuff.
For terminals, normal crimp connectors work just fine (we pick them up really cheap at a local surplus store). HOWEVER, you should solder the wire to the connector after crimping it. I've seen too many wires pull out of crimped connectors to rely on crimping alone on our robots!
For Heat Shrink, brand really isn't going to matter. Find something cheap that shrinks down to the diameter you need. Again, I've picked most of our stock of heat shrink up from the same local surplus store.
For anything other than heat shrink, we've just used electrical tape. It's not really worth trying to cover the contacts on the motor controllers, but you should make sure the studs on the 120A circuit breaker and the power distribution board are covered! Electrical tape wraps around these easily enough.
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