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Originally posted by KenWittlief
4 Gauge wire: against the rules specified by FIRST - your bot would fail a critical inspection. Putting heavier gauge wire on the battery or other circuits reduces the resisitance, and will give you an (UNFAIR) advantage over teams that followed the rules.
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First off 4AWG is perfectly legal. second of all do you have any clue how little the resistance of the wires is different by. Do you realize how little difference this actually makes. Its completely negligible and not worth worrying about. It provides no power advantage whatsoever.