06-02-2015, 01:00
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Technical Director
AKA: Gus Michel II
 FRC #3946 (Tiger Robotics) Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: Jan 2014
Rookie Year: 2013
Location: Slidell, LA
Posts: 3,762
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Re: Power Distribution Board
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Originally Posted by RoboBucs
Concerning the black and red switched wires, some of our guys had to solder the wires and they soldered the red to the ground port and the black to the positive port because it wasn't labeled on the camera they were soldering it to, so the red is actually the ground and the black is the positive.
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Be sure to remedy this before competition:
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Originally Posted by 2015 Game Manual
R40 All non-SIGNAL LEVEL wiring with a constant polarity (i.e., except for outputs of relay modules, motor controllers, or sensors) shall be color-coded along their entire length (from the manufacturer) as follows:A. Red, yellow, white, brown, or black-with-stripe on the positive (e.g. +24VDC, +12VDC, +5VDC, etc.) connections
B. Black or blue for the common or negative side (-) of the connections. Wires that are originally attached to legal devices are considered part of the device and by default legal. Such wires are exempt from R40. |
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