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Re: Electrical connectors on control system items

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Originally Posted by timytamy View Post
On to the OP's question:
I'm not interested in any new connections unless there are some very good reasons. Inventory management is a PITA, and it's much easier to maintain an inventory of 100x of one conector, vs 25x of 4 different ones. For this reason I'm willing to make reasonable comprimises on all the advantages/disadvantages you mentioned, for connectors already in common use.
This, this, this.

Also, while many teams have Power Poles as an internal standard (3946 among them), I am not aware of any standard FRC parts which require/strongly encourage teams to use them. They do meet all the requirements (current capacity, well insulated, vibration resistant) and many "desirements) (modular, customizable, polarizable). They also have a great customer base outside of FRC (ham radio and R/C modeling, and probably others).
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