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Re: What hath we wrought? 2016 Horror Stories

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Originally Posted by TacoTheCat View Post
Wow, we had the same problem over here, except it didn't pop up until after the season. We discovered that if the robot dropped hard enough, it would shut down. After a little bit of percussive maintenance (aka we pushed the wire back and forth for a while) we found that if you move the main power cables around enough, the robot shuts down.

I wonder if there is a good fix for this? Securing down cables a certain way, or creating more secure connections between them?
It's one of three things
1) You need to tighten the bolts down more (use a wrench)
2) You need to crimp your contacts better (use proper tools)
3) The connector housings need to be replaced (this was one of our issues)
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