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Originally Posted by Browzilla
We had it running through the Maxi breaker, and it remained clicking.
There's no chance that if it is broken the motor or robot controller could be damaged, is there?
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the clicking is what I was talking about in my earlier post. that clicking noise is the snap-action breaker overheating and cutting power. which is a good thing for it to do. if it did that and you didn't see the magic smoke escape from the controller, you are probably fine. also, the fans don't like being reversed for some reason, so check to make sure its spinning after you reconnect it.
also, there isn't any way I can think of right now that would damage any component other than the speed controller itself.
the thing that blows up the speed controllers most is when you drill into the robot and pieces of metal fall into the speed controller. it often makes an audible crackling sound and almost always results in the speed controller failing catastrophically, and letting out the magic smoke.
remember, the speed controller operates on magic smoke and if you let it out, it wont go back in and you have to buy a new one.