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Unread 02-01-2015, 12:06
Zaque Zaque is offline
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Re: Anderson Power Pole for motors

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Originally Posted by Joe Johnson View Post
Also, I see there is another option I have never tried. These Retention Clips These are only $0.49 each. Still not as cheap as a cable tie, but more reasonable than the BLOK LOK. has anyone had success using these? Do Tell...
We started using power poles for the first time this past year, and we purchased a large supply of the retention clips to go with our housings, and used them on every connection. We used them on a competition bot, practice bot, and a third off-season bot. All told, our robot went through four different competitions and we never had a problem with a wire coming unplugged.

Unrelated to the clips, Powerwerx sells these housings, which we used throughout the season. Those housings are bonded and as such have built in polarity protection. We may have had one of these seperate, but it was not on the robot and I believe it went through a serious trauma (hit with a hammer).
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