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Re: Metal Shavings and RC don't mix

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Originally Posted by galewind View Post
hey, could metal shavings on the RC cause the Low +5v output LED to light up?
That's a very common symptom of an unseen whisker of metal touching the RC's pins. All of the analog and digital pins have ground and +5 right next to each other, and shorting them together will definitely set off the low +5v detector.