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Originally Posted by sanddrag
The biggest fire hazard I've seen is in the way teams charge their batteries. - sticking the alligator clips into the Anderson connectors. DON'T DO THIS! They come very near to shorting and the battery is capable of putting out several hundreds of amps for a short period of time. A shorted battery (by means of touching charger clips or otherwise) can produce significant sparks and tremendous heat, possibly resulting in a fire depending on the surroundings.
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last year my team bypassed this by taking an extra Anderson connector and completely removing the alligator clips and connecting the connector to the charger with crimp connectors, solder, and heat shrinking it worked great.
just a tip for other teams.
...forest
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03-01-2008, 22:39
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