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Re: Blown Talon SR

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Originally Posted by ericomoura View Post
After finishing the basic wiring, we thought we should test if everything lights up correctly. Turn on the robot and BOOM! A muffled explosion and a smell of peanut butter. Turns out one of our Talon SRs blew up. We thought it was the internal capacitor and after searching a bit, we found that more people recognized the same peanut butter smell, which confirms our theory.
Was that one of the Talons that came in the KoP? If not, what year did you buy them? Were they connected correctly when you turned the robot on?
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