Thread: Drivetrain stalling(?) Is this electrical or mechanical?
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Unread 19-02-2011, 08:53
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Re: Drivetrain stalling(?) Is this electrical or mechanical?
Michael,
Have you corrected your problem here? The clicking sound in your video makes me want to think circuit breakers are tripping. Try removing the breakers from one motor on each side and try running and see what happens. If everything runs, try removing the breakers for the other motors and return the originals and see if it runs. If both of these tests are good, you have two motors running in opposite directions in the transmission.
As another observation, if you swao the location of your battery and your PD, you will shave off feet of wire between your drive and the PD giving you extra power.
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