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Re: [FTC]: Tetrix motor controller weirdness with 4 motors

I would pull the motors out of their mounts and make sure they are all spinning the correct way. As Al said, it sounds like an over current issue. I have seen it where one of the motors on a side is shorting, putting into a break mode, so it causes the other motors to work harder to overcome the motor that's not spinning.

Otherwise I would rewire everything and make sure there are no shorts.

I would advise not daisy chaining the electronics on the robot, I have all my teams use Anderson Power Poles or Wago Levernuts, so if there is a wiring issue, everything down line doesn't go down. Especially since the voltage sensitive Samantha module is always the end of the line in the daisy chain wiring scheme.
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