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Re: Longer battery wires

We lengthened our wires by soldering and heat-shrinking extensions onto the PDP side, in order to allow our breaker to be more accessible. I wouldn't recommend more than about 2 feet of wire total between the two, just in case you run into issues with too much resistance.
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