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Re: Victor reversed wiring...

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Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz View Post
Depending on the duration (or repeated attempts to determine the cause) significant damage to the device might be the result. Magic smoke is almost always the result.
The fun part about this is that robots get pushed around all the time... on the field, by other robots. I have found thus far that, while there is no good reason that I know of for this to be true, Victors used on the drive train tend to hold up well, while Jaguars used on the drive train need to be treated as consumables on a yearly basis (or so).

That's entirely anecdotal, mind.
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