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Re: My teams electrical setup for 08...

As already said, beautiful drawing, but once you try to wire it, you'll see that it won't work.

Also, there is an advantage to having the Victors vertical, cooling works better.

The euro connector looks nice & neat, but if you ever had to remove the board, it takes a lot of time to actually undo all those screws. A circular or sub-D connector is fine for signals, but for power you need to use something larger, like the 20/30/45 Amp Anderson Powerpole series (They are all the same connector, the only difference is the size of wire they can hold).

It is good that the Victors are covered a little, as metal shavings and other debris are major failure causes. Keeping wires short helps with weight, more than you think. I don't see a fuse panel, but there's room on the top, or underneath the bottom. Don't be afraid to drill holes for wires, either.

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