Illegal?

[benhulett]

Originally Posted by Kyle

I am not sure about the legality of those lights since they can be called as a distraction depending how bright they are, and if they can cause tracking problems with the camera, if we use it next year. Why would you want those lights on the bot if they can't be seen from the outside?
The lights do look cool though

-The electronics on our robot this year was horrible (wiring was everywhere, very hard to work on between matches, had several wires that came loose, etc), so another team electrician and I decided to make an "electronics box" based off a bot we saw at the competition. Their (not sure which team #) bot had a lid on the front with a 120mm fan on top, they just opened the lid and their electronics board was sitting there, neatly wired and everything. They had some type of matting surrounding everything too. Their problem was lack of light, they didn't put any lights in their box. Our idea is basically the same, just make a portable battery tray that slides in under our electronics box, and add lighting and a false floor for wiring. The lights will be there to illuminate the cable sleeving (UV reactive ), and will have white cathodes there if we can't see enough with the UV lights. So the lights will only be seen when we "open the hood".

Originally Posted by Cowmankoza

it is to my understanding that any light can be used on the robot as long as, 1. it is hooked up to a fuse and wiring in safely, and 2. not interefering with another robots vision system (i.e. no green)

-Will definitely be hooked up to a fuse, and hopefully my wiring skills will be good enough . Will not use green whatsoever.

Originally Posted by Simon Strauss

The heat shrink and neon wire cover are both FIRST legal and good ideas. The fan should be aswell. I dont see what you will use the acoustic pad for and the usage dictates its legality as a potential fire hazard if too close to electronics. Aslong as those lights dont interfere with CMU, any other type of sensor or driver visability they should be aswell if wired correctly.

when in doubt refer to the FRC flow Chart http://www.usfirst.org/uploadedFiles...ot,Rev%20G.pdf on page 19 and the inspection checklists


-Simon

-Thanks for reassuring me on that, I was pretty sure the heat shrink was fine, wasn't too sure about the wire cover. The acoustic padding was just a basic idea for the surrounding(we want it to be black, but I guess I could use plexi and just have a different sort of padding on the other side, eliminating the fire hazard.) It doesn't have to be acoustic padding, just wasn't sure where to look for that type of material.


-So far so good, thanks a bunch for the quick replies.