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Re: Talon ground

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Originally Posted by bartv View Post
Our team has mounted four talons to an aluminum backplate. When I test the ground between the chassis and the talon, I get open circuit on each of the electrical connections (good!), but the heatsink has a ground connection.
The heatsink has a ground connection? I'm not sure what you mean. Are you saying that the aluminum heatsink, when screwed down to an aluminum plate, is conductive? (I would hope it is; it's aluminum).

The check you MUST pass is: With the battery disconnected, measure resistance betwene the + PDB connection and metal chassis, and between - PDB connection and chassis. Resistance MUST be greater than 10k Ohms (try for much more). IF you pass that test, you're good to go.
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