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Re: Inductive kick is a cruel master...

The arc you saw could have been the plastic fuse blowing.

There are no FET's in the spike's, its a couple solenoids that trigger between GND and +12 to the M- and M+ terminals. Its unlikely, but you could have caused the solenoid to weld itself in one posistion.