pic: Battery connector.....

[Thad House]

Originally Posted by MrBasse

I'm suprised that nobody has said anything about the fact that a robot that can do that repeatedly is designed wrong. If you stay within the limits of your supplied hardware you wouldn't have this issue. Nowhere in the rules does it say you have to draw the amperage that you are. Would it make for a slightly les competitive machine? Maybe. Would it reduce the risk of melting connectors and destroying components? Definitely.

It just seems to me the a lower amperage rated connector is something that would result in an engineering challenge. I'm pretty sure that is what most of us are here for.

This seems comparable to someone complaining that their drill press doesn't work very well as a mill...

I would actually have to disagree with your first statement. It has been repeatedly said that the breakers are in the system to protect the wiring and connections. If the breakers are not doing their job, and wiring is melting before the breakers do break, something in the rules have to change, because thats when things start getting dangerous. Either a new connector that can actually handle how much current the breaker will allow, or a smaller breaker, which is absolutely not the answer. So its a safety issue more then anything.