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Re: Backwards motor
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Originally Posted by xrabohrok
This is probably a very simple problem. Your motor has probably been wired with reverse polarity: so you can probably just flip the wiring. Put the red wire to were the black one is, and vice versa.

That should help!
on the speed controller that is.
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Re: Backwards motor
Specifically on the motor output end of the speed controller (labelled M+ and M-). Don't reverse the polarity anywhere else! If you reverse the inputs (V+ and GND) you'll fry the poor controller...
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