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Re: Battery connected backwards to robot

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Originally Posted by rich2202 View Post
Ideally, you put it on the Main Breaker, so it screams before you close the breaker and complete the power connection.
That only protects against a backwards-wired battery. I'm suggesting something built in to the PDP, which would detect any polarity swaps from the battery through the SB-50 connectors all the way to the PDP input itself. I imagine it could be added to the "smart module" with the CAN connectors.
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