Blue Drill Motor wires?

[j_pannell]

I an realy confused! I am wondering if you could replace the blue wires on the drill motors with 10 guage wire. I looked on the FIRST Q&A and they say that it is illegal to do that, and they also say it is ok. What do we do. We are doing a swivel drive this year, and it would be nice to not have wire splices in the units.

-Jon Pannell
MVRT 115

[pras870]

In the updates it shows that it is NOT RECOMMENDED to replace the blue wires. The reason being, is the heat it takes to solder can damage the brush housings inside the drill motor. It is advised that you can crimp/solder 10 guage wire onto the existing cables if you need extend the wire.

And please, this topic has been discussed many times, please search before you most. Thank you.

[K.Shaw]

ya we kinda removed the blue wire and replaced it with the 10 guage wire and blew out 2 or 3 drill motors.....so that shipment of a half dozen drilll motors was nice

[pras870]

Remember people, if it's not recomended by FIRST, there's a pretty good chance they have a good reason for it

So to sum it up, FIRST doesn't want you to do it, but there is no rule that says you cannot do it. I personally wouldn't recomend it. FIRST reccomends that you leave at least 1.5 inches of blue wire on.