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Re: pic: Battery connector.....
I'm not complaining about the part as specified, I'm complaining that we are stuck using a part that was specified 15 years ago with 1/5th the power in the kit and 1/2 the main fusing capacity.
I don't think it's an issue of FIRST actually wanting us to use the connector for engineering reasons, I think it's a case where FIRST is using the same connector they have been using because they have been using it forever and have no motivation to change. I am trying to give FIRST a good motivation to change to an appropriate connector.
Since we went up to #4 main battery cables, we haven't melted any connectors. Using #4 was our engineering change to both melted battery connectors and main breaker trips, and it generally worked.
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