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Re: Robot Spins on Start

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Originally Posted by weaversam8 View Post
Thank you. Apparently, the warning stickers are on the wrong side of all of our Jaguars! I hope we haven't broken them. Can you believe that the warning sticker was on the wrong side? Can we sue?
All the terminals are marked with an M+, M-, V+, or V-. And there's only one of each marking. The markings aren't necessarily the clearest, though--shine a flashlight at the terminals, they're molded into the case next to 'em.

As for breaking the Jags... Reverse voltage like that does have a tendency to release the magic smoke. If you've smelled magic smoke, your Jags are toast. They might work... but I wouldn't trust them.


By the way, Cecil's answer was the first thing I thought of when I saw the problem description...
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