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Re: Victor Burnouts
It may have been a couple of victor generations ago, but back when I was involved in a robot competition that is know for slightly higher physical loads, there was lots of talk about the FETs in the two corners shorting. Pop of a fan and look at the FET arrangement, 2 corners have "close together" FETs and 2 have "not so close together". Some people used to place a small zip tie through the mounting hole of one each of the close together FETs to mitigate this problem.
I always use Nylon screws to mount Victors. Although they provide a plastic plate between the contacts, combinations of large ring terminals and large mounting screws can short to the chassis. It would take a combination of shorts to kill a Vic, but it is an easy fix for the peace of mind. I feel non metallic screws have more that enough strength for this job.
Travis
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