Electrical Information

[philso]

Originally Posted by pribusin

Where to start ... Here are a few tips for startes:

1. Label your wires
2. Keep power & motor cables short
3. Use proper gauge wires for rated circuits (consult FRC manual)
4. Label your wires
5. Use proper wire strippers when removing insulation so as not to remove wire strands
6. twist wire strands before inserting them into the PDB cage clamp terminals (prevents whiskers trom touching other circuits)
7. Did I mention to label your wires?
8. Route wires in a logical fashion and tie them down with zip ties
9. Don't run power wires and PWM cables in one wire bundle

Label All of your wires, at both ends.

Comprehensively document your electrical system with one or more drawings. You may want to consider using the free Altium license to do this since it includes a proper schematic drawing program. The same methodology can be used to comprehensively document your pneumatic system.

Also, label ALL of your wires, at both ends.