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Originally Posted by da johnny boy
We have a problem with the digital sidecar and jaguar on our robot. The first problems is that one of our jaguars does not light up, and makes a clacking noise, but the fan still runs. I am guessing it is shorted, but there was never any indication like smoke, a spark, etc. I guess we will have to use one of our victors instead if we cant get it fixed.
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I've seen this situation, and you're probably right: It's shorted. The clicking is coming from the breaker, most likely. The Jaguar I saw it on was running fine, then suddenly, no light, no motion out of that motor, and a rapid clicking from the 40A snap-action breaker it was connected to.
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