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Originally Posted by Joe Ross
Al,
Who did you talk to at FIRST that said the wiring diagram is the the rule, rather then a suggestion?
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I alerted the engineer I spoke with at FIRST of all the confusion. He agrees that this issue must be addressed. They would rather answer in an official way for all teams to read and indicated that it is FIRST's intention to address your concerns via the Q&A later this week. I can only tell you that in a previous conversation I was told that the electrical blueprint is the way to wire the robot using the parts or stated equivalents provided in the KOP. I, as all of you, hope that some changes will be made in these rules but at this point the ground stud, the distro block, the four way maxi fuse block are all part of the equation and we are building our robot to those specs.
To Chakorules: If you wired according to your diagram, it seems you have added more return wire than needed. I would have run a #6 from the battery directly to the fuse panel ground stud as in years past.
For everyone: Even though I quote individual paragraphs from time to time, the manual is a complete document and needs to be read and referenced as such. I take the electrical blueprint as the manual and the written doc as a description of additional detail to the blueprint.