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Re: Spike Relays suddenly stop working

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Originally Posted by Gregor View Post
What if you break something during the demo, that wasn't broken in the bag.
If it's something small that doesn't require special tools, more than a couple minutes, or any large replacement parts it should be fine.

Example 1: Wire becomes unplugged or broken and can be replaced in a minute or so. Yeah, I would think so.

Example 2: Mechanism breaks and falls off robot (pretty small), but a replacement is lying around on display and can be swapped out in a minute or so. Probably. On the border of no.

Example 3: Mechanism breaks and falls off robot (it's like 10 pounds), but a replacement is lying around on display and can be swapped out in a minute or so. Nope. That robot is broken until you unbag it at an event.

Example 4: Wire and custom circuit becomes fried and requires a good hour of rewiring and soldering to a PCB. Nope. Prepare spare to bring, but can't be fixed today.

*Just my opinion.