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Re: BaneBots Shorted, Now What Do I Do?

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Originally Posted by dexo568 View Post
Can you elaborate on this? I'm not sure what you mean. I tried running 12V from a DC power supply box and got no current.
It's early in the thread I linked to--you short a lead to the case with something like the battery, then repeat for the other lead. Be warned, though, that teams doing this have reported problem recurrence and reduced performance.
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