1726 Electric Problem

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Originally Posted by David Brinza

Connectors are generally the weak link in electrical systems.

Funny story: this year, our hurdle bot weighed only 87 lbs when we got to the competition. We decided to add some weight to get it closer to 120lbs using a couple of dumbbells. We figured that the easiest way to "secure" them would be to use zipties. We put two dumbbells in the front and one in the back near to our electronics board. During our final qualification match, we slammed into the alliance wall pretty fast and the dumbbell came loose and unplugged all of our motor connections! Ooops...