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Originally Posted by Koko Ed
I remember Brain Lucas telling me a tale about a team who's robot broke down because their hot glue wore off their control board and it fell off of their robot or something like that.
So I guess if you're going to use glue you better make sure it's not for a major component on the robot.
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That was the worst inspection ever. That team hot glued all their components onto their electronics board. During the competition one of their Victor speed controllers died so they replaced it with one that was just dangling by its wires near the other dead Victor which they couldn't get off the board.
During elimination reinspection, I told them that had to mount the speed controller because it was a safety hazard. They tried to remove a wire from their circuit breaker panel and ripped it in half (mangling the metal in the process). The circuit panels rely on the mount screws for structural stability. They were an alternate so they just crated their robot at that point.
I don't recommend hot glue on the electronics. Some teams like to hot glue connections in place but I think wire ties work fine. Your electrical panel should always be easy to reconnect if a component fails. More importantly always mount your circuit panels correctly, the screws (or wire ties) are what hold it together.