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Re: CIM Motor Sacrifice

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Originally Posted by JamesCH95 View Post
A word of warning, that plagued many teams last year (but not ours, at all) is that the 775s can develop case shorts and cause all sorts of nasty issues.

Neither of our 775s caused an issues, and I think its because they were both electrically insulated from the chassis. This year we will be mounting them on wood or lexan panels to keep them isolated.

Then again, I might be totally off in this evaluation.
In some cases I saw, the short was transmitted through the gears/sprockets as well. Don't rely only on the mounting material to keep you safe, and come with a backup plan if you run into problems!
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