reverse-voltage protection

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by Bot190

The problem isn't always with the wiring to the jaguar itself. This year, one of our batteries was wired backwards. We only found out when we connected it to the robot and turned it on. Reverse voltage protection would have saved at least 2 of our jaguars in this instance.

I think what people are getting at is that the additional cost, in either performance loss or actual costs, is not worth it. The sum of that additional cost is probably substantially more than the value of the speed controllers damaged. I've been doing this for a while, and I can't recall killing a single speed controller due to reverse wiring. I understand it can be a catastrophic error, especially with a backwards battery, but it's just not a problem worth rectifying