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Originally Posted by cgmv123
It won't harm the motor. The other motors just have to work harder to overcome the load of the unpowered motor, especially if its leads are shorted or connected to a speed controller in brake mode.
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If your programming includes shutting down one or more motors (but not all) on a gearbox, it is essential that the motors you will shut down be in "coast" mode. Putting a "brake" motor on the drive train will just turn a lot of your battery capacity into heat, unless you brown out or trip a breaker. With the SRX operating in CAN mode, you can change this dynamically, but IIRC with the other controllers this a design requirement.