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Re: Covering your electronics
As field manager for two regionals, I have a couple of observations:

1. Protect the Electronics
2. Cover the unused I/O Pins on the RC especially when you are working on the bot. Between GLR and Detroit we saw at least 10 cases of contamination causing comm or control problems on otherwise functional bots. After the pins were cleaned, operation returned to normal.
3. The Field manager, refs and IFI reps all want to help have technically flawless competitions, therefore make the RC, spikes etc visible as we check before the start of each match.
4. Accessibility, battery lugs will loosen, you will occasionally need to reset the RC, etc. Make the electronics as accessible as possible.



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