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[nhalstead]

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[Joey1939]

I spy an exposed battery terminal!

[pilleya]

Originally Posted by Joey1939

I spy an exposed battery terminal!

As long as common sense is used, an exposed battery terminal is not a huge problem, but if it isn't used and the terminals are shorted it definitely causes problems .

When designing and testing a new robot, it can be difficult to put the time into doing a nice job of covering battery terminal( heatshrink, etc.) especially when the necessary orientation of the leads is unknown, but for a quick fix some electrical tape should suffice

[cgmv123]

Originally Posted by pilleya

an exposed battery terminal is not a huge problem

R34 says it will be a major problem at inspection. And that rule doesn't exist as an engineering challenge.

[Sperkowsky]

Originally Posted by cgmv123

R34 says it will be a major problem at inspection. And that rule doesn't exist as an engineering challenge.

We forgot to put electric tape on our terminals last year and passed inspection...

[cgmv123]

Originally Posted by Sperkowsky

We forgot to put electric tape on our terminals last year and passed inspection...

And that is why "It passed at [past event]" is not an excuse.

[Sperkowsky]

Originally Posted by cgmv123

And that is why "It passed at [past event]" is not an excuse.

I know that. We heatshrank our batteries this year just figured Id mention that some inspectors neglect the rule.

[Mike Marandola]

Looking good Noah and the rest of 5420! Other than the battery terminal. We are excited to see the finished robot.

[nhalstead]

Thanks. We have taken the robot apart! But we are putting it back together today.

I'm Placing ETape on the Batteries now....

(Also the Robot is not Finnished yet.. we are maybe *85%* finished)