Re: Metal Shavings and RC don't mix
 

We had some problems with metal shavings and our RC before we shipped our robot. To be safe, we carefully vacuumed out our electronics, especially around the RC when we got to San Diego.

Re: Metal Shavings and RC don't mix
 

The RC is not the only thing that can be affected. We had metal shavings shorting out one of our PWM cables and it fried 2 string pots (at $170 a piece I believe) before we found the problem. A suggestion to all teams: keep your metal working away from the robot period. It you are filing something, definantly put paper or something to catch the shavings!

Re: Metal Shavings and RC don't mix
 

Also make sure that you have all PWM cables that are connected to the RC on one end but to nothing on the other, you might end up with a mushroom cloud of blue smoke(luckly though we(I meant me) didn't frie the RC but was to close)