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You will be soldering the wires to the motors and battery plug and connecting them to the speed
controller.
Remove one of the sides of the robot to allow for easy speed controller access.
Solder wire pairs to the motor lugs, being careful not to overheat the motor lugs.
IMPORTANT:
Do NOT use silver solder.
The higher temperature overheats the motor internals, causing
premature motor failure. We find it easiest to tin the wire ends and motor lugs, then join them.
Connect the LED to the main power input on the speed control, so that it is easy to tell when the
robot is live.
Solder main power positive wires to the power switch. Attach the other end to the positive
terminal of an appropriate plug for your selected battery.
Solder main power negative wire to the negative terminal of the battery plug.
Place the switch in the 3D printed mount to keep it out of the way.
Slide 2 of the motors into the chassis.
IMPORTANT: The motors are wired in parallel, so it is
important that place the first 2 motors on the same side. It does not however matter which
port on the Speed controller they plug into
(shown).
Fit the four motor wires into motor output C4, positive into positive and negative into negative.
Then tighten the terminals.