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Re: Caution - Burned out CIM blows Victor

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Originally Posted by JesseK View Post
Interesting information. I wonder how the jags respond to this, given their internal fault protections. Really I just want to know so if something weird happens electrically we don't immediately blame the Jaguar.
Fairly sure we've shorted a CIM just before the finals at WAT, costing us the quarter final match. Only thing noticeable about the Jag was that it seemed significantly hotter than all the others and stayed that way longer, while the others had already cooled. I'm concerned, should we replace it?

Does any one have any ideas on how a rookie team like us could diagnose the health of our remaining motors to ensure this doesn't happen again? (short of disassembling gearboxes to determine how the motor sounds)
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