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Re: What Happens When Metal Gets Into A Jaguar (SMOKE!!!!)

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Originally Posted by dwaynetrip3119 View Post
Well actually some of the mentors that helped us out believed that it was caused by a shortage in the power distribution. We really never came to a full conclusion to if it was really the metal or the shortage.
a shaving causing a short inside the jag or stopping the fan that results in te jag overheaating could have shown similar results, you are right. The fact that a single mosfet is blown leads me to beleive that your shorting idea is the way to look, because overheating would have affected all the fets.
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