Is it wise to use #6 wire crimp sleeves to make the battery wires longer?
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For my lots of expierience:confused: id say that its never wise to have a joint in the wire, but if you HAVE to then it shouldnt be a problem. An alternative is to make a power distributer that comes in the kit of parts and connect the wires that way:)
Mitch,
It is not desirable to extend the battery cables. Adding #6 wire to the lengths already supplied add significant loss to your system. Since this is a critical component (all robot current flows through these wires and can be in excess of 400 amps several times during a match), I would recommend that if you need to extend the wire that you make up your own cables using parts available from Terminal Supply or one of the other suppliers. If you have questions, please contact me via PM and we can get a discussion going. It is far better to keep the #6 wires short and use #10 for individual branch circuits that need to be further away from the battery.
In my experience, if the battery connector wires must be extended, then your battery, switch, ground are probably too far away from each other or too inaccessible.
The Anderson cable half that connects to the battery can not be extened. Since the weight is not counted in the robot weight, they do not want a couple extra pounds or more showing up via #6 wire. The Anderson cable half that feeds your electrical system could be extended, but I agree with Al S. that you should make your own cables.
I was just reading this in the rules last night … the rule stated that no more than 12" of cable can be on the battery. I don’t have the rulebook handy at the moment, but Alibi is correct, it was related to the allowable weight.