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Re: How Can I Avoid Student Mistakes

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Originally Posted by geezloueez View Post
Hello FRC community,

I am a first year mentor for a rookie team. Many of the students on my team are very novice as far as experience. What are some good ways to keep the kids from starting fires, blowing things up, and damaging electronic hardware. I really want to keep the kids within budget and out of the hospital while creating good practices for the students.

Thanks all!!!
Electronics:

red to red, black to black, and make sure power input goes to the input side of motor controllers, not the output side
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