Thread: Where did all the magic smoke go?
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Unread 18-02-2008, 21:53
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Where did all the magic smoke go?
So, how my team has let out the magic smoke:

-Fried the ends of alligator clips when a team mate shorted it on a battery
-fried 3 servos, 2 encoder boards when we put 12 volts to them through main breaker panel
-fried a y-cable that was hanging loose and it made contact with a live terminal

thankfully there weren't any victors, spikes or cameras in there... not sure if the RC is damaged, but still seems functional.

So, what has your team done?
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