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Re: Power issues...Electrical? Mechanical?

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Originally Posted by Rhubarb
On the 2005 circuit breaker board there is a green LED that turns to red after almost every match. We have not been able to watch it closely enough to see exactly when it turns to red. However, if you run the dashboard program it says that none of the breakers have tripped.
Is the breaker panel connected to the programming port? You won't get status from it unless it is.

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Originally Posted by Rhubarb
We ran each CIM directly off the battery, bypassing all the electronics. We noticed that when you run just one CIM it spins at a certain RPM. Power up the second CIM in the transmission and it actually slows down the RPMs. This is true of both the left and right side, as well as the spare transmissions/CIM motors that we have.
Are your motors turning opposite each other and interfering?