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Re: VICTOR ISSUES

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Originally Posted by SlimBoJones View Post
Quoted for truth!

No matter how hard we try, at least a few times every year, a few of our PWM cables don't get plugged into the Victors properly.

Pull out the PWM cables from any Victors that do nothing but blink orange. Check to see if the pins are bent. Some people don't even notice, but often all the pins are bent in the same direction slightly. That means you missed!

Straighten them out and try again! PWMs should take very little force to insert. If you feel resistance halfway while inserting them, you've missed!

Try again...

then try again...

and then again =)
An easy solution to this problem is to put a dot of hot glue on the pwm once you get it in and reading correctly. It peels off instantly if you need to take it out, but in the mean time you don't have to deal with vibration shaking your PWM's loose.