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How to fuse your charge port for dummies?

Since I’ve never done it before I would appreciate some guidance. Maybe someone could do a quick write up? I have these parts:

8A Fuse
Silicone/copper wire

And later on perhaps another epic @b264 tutorial like this one:

How to make an XT90 Loop Key

Arguably, the most reliable way to control power to an ESC [pair] is to use an XT90S loopkey. [20190219_024916][20190219_024931] It may not be the prettiest or the shiniest or the most foolproof, but it probably will outlast almost any other way if done correctly, and it’s certainly the cheapest. This does have antispark characteristics if you use the “XT90S” instead of the “XT90” variant of the female connector. You definitely don’t want to use the female XT90. Essentially, you make “a k…