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Originally Posted by FTC Team CC
Thank you all for the replies. A couple of questions:
1. So if we used the CAN ports, which don't use parallel circuiting, would it be right to say that if one motor controller were to stop receiving power, then the rest of them would not receive any inputs through the CAN wires?
2. Should we use Anderson Powerpoles to link together CAN wires or a different mechanism? What is the cleanest way of linking CAN wires?
We are probably going to stick with the CAN ports.
Thanks for the help,
Charging Champions
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1. I believe the input and output CAN wires on a talon are soldered to the same place. So even if one motor controller were to lose power, the rest should still work. ( Someone correct me if I'm wrong). Also, it is really rare that only one of your motor controllers should lose power, especially if the wiring was done correctly.
2. We always cut our CAN wires to the exact length and solder them together and cover in heatshrink. Makes really clean runs. If we need more length on one wire later on, we can always just solder on more wire, or if it comes to it, take apart the motor controller housing and compltley swap out the wire (it's not too hard).