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Originally Posted by Andy A.
You can use higher rated connectors if you wish, assuming rules don't change, as long as inspectors are satisfied that they meet all the requirements that the kit Anderson meets.
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Right now, the rules don't actually allow for a more robust solution, even if you wanted one. See <R57>, which states that "[t]he Battery must use the Anderson Connector", meaning the red SB50.
As for the 2-story pit area, I'm wondering whether a team would actually go to the trouble of getting a structural engineer's stamp on their pit area blueprints, and then having it verified for proper construction once it was assembled. For liability reasons, I can't see FIRST ever allowing anything less than that, even notwithstanding the item in the manual which clearly prohibits these sorts of things.