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Re: motor heat
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Originally Posted by EMS
after running our robot for over half an hour we noticed that the motors in the front were running very hot, while the ones in the back were not even warm. it might be important to mention that most of the weight is in the front, and the motors are set off-center towards the back. perhaps this affects it?
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I'm assuming you are running the kit drive with two CIM's per side. Have you calibrated the Victors? To do so, remove the breaker for one of the motors and cal the other Victor of the pair on that transmission. Then repeat with the second one. The red and green "full throttle" LED's on the Victors should come on together as you approach full throttle in each direction. As someone else said, if you have a blinking yellow on a Victor, that Victor is not getting a PWM signal and that motor will not receive power.
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14-02-2005, 10:59
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