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Re: Anderson Power Pole for motors

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We've been using PowerPoles for the last two years, color coding pigtails attached to spikes and jaguars for quick swaps (red/black on supply green/gray on loads). They are awesome for this, but it just seems wrong to use the same connectors for high current power and low current signaling. Our friend Murphy has shown us time and again that there is no limit to what a new and under-mentored student can plug together incorrectly.
Oh, I've done that myself. I have this bad habit of connecting the output of a TALON to the output of the PDB or some other motor controller. I may try using your color coding change this year.
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