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Re: Twitchy Motors

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Originally Posted by evanperryg View Post
Line resistance on a 5ft line of 22AWG PWM signal wire is about 0.08 ohms, and considering OP's cables don't even look that long, line resistance is most likely not a factor here. OP, If those are custom made cables, I'd suggest you check your terminals for faulty crimps. It's easy to mess those up. Also, try adding in your CAN runs between the PCM, rRio and PDP. It's far-fetched, especially considering the rRIO has little more than a terminating resistor for the CAN line, but I wonder if this could be a factor. Also, your breaker power runs are ridiculously long, try cutting those down, a lot.
I am not talking about the PWM cables, I am talking about the ~10ft of 6AWG power wire from the battery to the PDB - like you mentioned at the end of you post.
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