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Originally Posted by MrForbes
Interesting....I highly recommend putting the electrical system anywhere EXCEPT the bottom pan. We do best when we put it in a vertical box on the rear or side of the robot, so the tops of the components are facing away from the rest of the robot. When we do put it on the bottom pan, we can't get to anything, and there ends up being a spaghetti mess of wires over all the components.
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For access, we always make the bottom board hinged. This lets us tip the robot up, remove two bolts, and drop out the pan for easy access and work. Then we just need to worry about the service loop in the wiring, which can easily be managed with zip ties!
Of course, you do need to worry about metal shavings when everything is on the bottom. That's why the electrical board is one of the very last things to go in to the robot. during construction
