Could a magnetic field around CIMs cause fuses to blow?

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Originally Posted by Bduggan04

From experience, problems can often be fixed by fixing seemingly unrelated problems. I would advise that you try the following. It is what I would do if I was there.

Set a multimeter to Ohms

Put one probe on the frame. Use the other probe to check other spots on the robot such as the terminals of speed controllers. They should be isolated, but I suspect they are not.

You should also try removing all of the motors from the output side of the speed controllers and make sure the terminals are not touching the robot. The problem lies on the output side of the victors.

Another thing you may want to consider is that you could have mixed the motor wires up. The fuses could be blowing because the motors are running in opposite directions in the same gear box.

We'll try it, along with the magnetic field thing, but the moters seem wired right. Unless they put the wires backwards on the moter itself.