pic: Bad Anderson Connector

[dtengineering]

Originally Posted by Whippet

Right, but *most* teams assume that the connectors are always the right way before attaching them, which can in cases like this cause extremely costly consequences. Also, I am pretty sure that this would be considered a violation of [R49]:

Sorry... I should have added a smiley, eh? You're quite right that wiring your robot this way would be a problem when it comes to sharing batteries or chargers with other teams.

But I'll suggest that it wouldn't be a violation of R49 so long as the red wire was attached to the positive battery terminal. There is no specific regulation requiring that labels or other markings match the wire colour, or that labels and markings be correct, only that the colour be correct. It could be argued that incorrect labeling falls under the catch-all areas of potential safety hazard, or failing to meet good engineering practice... but the "rules geek" in me has to point out that R49 is only about colour.

Jason