Al's Annual Inspection Thread 2015

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Both weekends, I have noticed a lot of teams with fuses not properly seated into the Power Distribution Boards. It is really easy to think you have them installed, when in reality they need to be pushed in another 1/8 inch.
See page 13 of the PDP guide.
http://crosstheroadelectronics.com/PDP%20User's%20Guide.pdf

One of the Waterford event Championships had some intermittent radio in their final match. Upon further inspection, their fuse had started to wiggle loose as they were not properly seated. As this was their final match, I do not know for certain that this was related to the radio issue, but it very wll may have been.

I had a CTRE rep at my first district event that checked these on all the robots, but I missed checking these myself until Saturday at my second event. When they are partially inserted, the robot works just fine and may never exhibt a problem. But an impact like hitting some totes, a wall, or the general vibration of driving around on Omni wheels can cause them to wiggle loose if they are not properly installed in the first place.