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Re: "The Little Things" - Helpful hints for all

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Originally Posted by Alan Anderson View Post
We're talking about the PWM connector on a Victor here, right? The top of its shroud is nowhere near any circuit boards or components, and the typical practice has been to use less than a pea-sized bit of glue to keep the plug from vibrating. Removing it is trivial if you have a thumbnail. I do not believe there is any danger at all of thermal shock to the board. The only thing that will get remotely warm is the surface of the plastic. It's not like anyone is suggesting using the hot glue to make a watertight connection around the entire connector.

That said, it's still glue, and gluing a speed controller has been explicitly forbidden by the rules.
I've always consider hot glue to be okay. Similar to the adhesive on velcro is that still allowed? I have also seen teams use clear nail polish to hold PWM cables into speed controllers would that also be illegal?
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