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Unread 20-02-2016, 11:31
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Re: Losing connection when ramping over defenses

We tried everything suggested, cleaned out the roboRios, etc. We were about to call Al when another mentor tried yanking the connection to the main breaker pretty hard.

After uninsulating it turns out our connection was loose there on both robots, but not loose enough to disconnect with our normal tug test. the shock of running into defenses must have provided strong enough force to jostle it and momentarily disconnect.

After tightening and reinsulating we went over rockwall/ramparts roughly 10 times without problem where before we would disconnect on the first or second try.

Thanks for the help everyone!