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Possibly Ruined All Four Jaguars

Through a series of unfortunate events, our jaguars controlling our CIM motors were wired incorrectly. V+ and V- was inserted into M+ and M- and vice versa. So the robot went crazy when we simply flipped the switch to turn it on. One jaguar caught fire internally. (Which we initially attributed to metal shavings).
When correctly wired, the jaguars still allow current to pass through them when their is no signal present, effectively landing us in the same situation were we had them wired incorrectly.
In addition, two more jaguars had their magic white smoke leave them.
In hindsight, with current running in the opposite direction unimpeded, plus the white smoke (and fire), I think all of 4 jag's connected to the CIMs are ruined, even though they still power up.
  1. Is this assessment correct?
  2. How would I test the jaguars with a multimeter? I'm thinking about testing resistance across V+ and M+
  3. Also, I'm thinking about opening the jaguars up to inspect the damage. Good idea?
One of our mentors is a power EE, but is out of town on personal business. When he gets back, I'm going to ask for his opinion on our situation.
 


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