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Re: Losing Jaguars? What are the common reasons why it burns out?

We've lost 1 black Jaguar so far.

The reason for the failure isn't clear...but there were enough possible causes that it may not have mattered.

It refused to power on shortly after it rained and water got near it (but not inside it).

It refused to power on shortly after the robot it was on was hauled by truck to a practice area. So if there was some junk inside it...it had all the opportunity it needed to cause trouble.

We got no life...at all...from it once it failed and it failed from the instant of power on (so it basically just never turned on again).

A close inspection inside the unit did not demonstrate the cause.

We simply replaced it and we were fine.