Major Electrical Issues and Malfunctions

[KenWittlief]

try turning your robot off and check the wires for continuty with an ohm meter

one common mistake that people sometimes make is to crimp a terminal on with the insulation pushed into the metal part of the terminal - the terminal will feel good and snug, but there wont be any electrical contact.

also , make sure you smaller fusebox has power and ground all the way back to the battery.

BTW- it is possible to push the PWM cables into a victor at an angle, so the pins do not go into the mating contacts - it will look seated, but there is no connection

when the yellow light on the victor blinks that means it is not getting any PWM data from the RC. This can be due to:

1. the pwm cable being backwards at one end (common mistake)
2. the OI is not on, or the OI competiition adapter is in 'disable'
3. something in your code is not putting out PWM commands to those pin - this can be checked with a servo - if you plug a servo into the pwm and it works, your code is ok and you have a wireing problem.
4. the laws of physics were repealed and nobody told you :c)