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Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery
That's far from foolproof. We had two 775 motors develop a case short after being installed on our robot in 2011. Both were tested prior to being installed.
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Same. In 2011 we tested all our 775s and at the time of installation they were good. Over the competition season, we developed case shorts, resulting in us lying dead during a large number of matches at GTR-W. Robot would start autonomous, and when the arm hit a certain angle, we'd cut out for about a minute.
2056 helped us troubleshoot the case short, and loaned us a "775 blaster cable" that allowed us to temporarily clear the short. It got us through the competition.
I wouldn't touch a 775 again unless the case is electrically isolated. Mounting to lexan, and plastic 1st stage gearing is a good start.
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