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Ah... I was looking at the current handling capabilities (hence the overkill comment) and hadn't considered the voltage drop issue. Now it makes perfect sense how you arrived at that part and what I need to look for.
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Ha! So this has already been done. I hadn't even thought about using zip ties. That could work and there are some nice black ones in the kit. If a future board rev helped in any way make the battery box space more easily usable for prototyping/da…
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Thanks for the info and link (excellent write-up)... I figured the 1k's would probably keep things safe but just wanted to be sure.
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dnewman: it was 91% and I used rosin core solder. My mistake (aside from attempting to clean it at all) may have been rinsing with water as opposed to wiping clean. I was assuming that the alcohol was more completely dissolving the flux as opposed…
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With a fresh pair of eyes, it looks like that's exactly what happened: the finish is still there under a gross layer of gunk. I assume that's what also dulled to solder joints so glad to hear that I only made a mess and didn't do any damage. No big…
