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Re: Faulty PWM?

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Originally Posted by dlavery
or by the occasional fat-fingered-software-geek-pretending-to-be-a-mechanical-designer that accidently shoves a screwdriver into the turning fan blades and then quickly puts the broken unit down on the table and walks away while innocently asking "hey, who broke the Victor?" (don't ask me how I know about this )

-dave
Everyone,
Okay, so now that it's established that PWM = Victor, I am up to date. By the way, Dave, the above quote is a great one, and I completely know what you mean. Of course, if a mechanical designer were to try programming...

Furthermore: Justin, we have had similar problems. The newer vics have the deeper PWM sockets than last years, which is a gift and a curse (they are harder to get the PWM cables out, but also harder to get them in!) Make sure your pins are all straight and the right pins go to the right holes, then try inserting. This is not an uncommon problem.

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ICs do weird things when voltage is run out of spec.

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