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Originally Posted by dlavery
The cRIO has a grounded enclosure. .....mounting it on a conductive surface would be a REALLY BAD idea.
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Perhaps mounting this to a conductive surface being a bad idea has more to do with electricity than the 2008 rules.
Static electricity impulses are bad for electronics, especially those that come with those yellow static warning labels on them - so touching any part of the metal mounting surface will conduct those pulses into your device - possibly with bad results.
Dynamic electricity (the counterpart to static, I think) flows along conductive surfaces, and if one of those big red cables happens to wear or get cut through, there may be some excitement - and that's meant in a bad way.
I can speculate on the 2009 rules, and electrical components will likely have to be isolated from the robot chassis, so you'd have to get rid f the aluminum anyway...so
use the plywood for now and get the lexan for the production 'bot.
Don
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