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Re: Help please
1726 had a similar problem a few weekends ago. We noticed that when we pushed on the output terminals of the spike connected to the compressor, it would turn on. We took apart an old spike but we didn't see anything wrong.
Turned out it was the new PWM cables we were using which were the problem. If you look at a new cable, you'll see that the pins have sort of a U-shaped profile when pointed towards your eye. These connectors seemed to jostle around a little bit and lose contact with the terminal inside the spike, and when we applied pressure to the outputs of the spike the PWM would make contact.
We then switched to an old PWM cable (which have "solid" pins) and they fit much better inside the spike. After we made the switch the robot didn't seem to have any more problems. Hope that helps!
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