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Originally Posted by neoshaakti
would a soldering iron be absolutely necessary? can u give me an example of a time when u've used a soldering iron when building the robot
would u crimp or solder when attaching wires to a vector
thanks
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No, it is not absolutely necessary unless you have sensors; generally, a sensor will only have lugs or eyelets to solder a wire to. For Victors, I would recommend crimping; with the size of some of those connectors/wires your average soldering iron may have trouble heating it up causing a cold solder joint -> very bad. One of our team members actually has a 200W soldering iron, but we still don't solder Victor wires, crimps are much quicker and (assuming they are done well) are equivalently reliable.