BaneBot RS540 Motors Shorting Out:

[Jack Jones]

What many of your are assuming to be failure due to stalling may be due to the motors shorting out. We had one shoot sparks and smoke. As could be expected, we assumed a hitch in the system might have stalled the motor. We later smelled the magic smoke, but didn’t associate it with the Banes, because we weren’t even running them. Finally, but not until a Victor gasped it’s last smoky breath, and another circuit sputtered and clicked, I’d had enough and proceeded with a second full continuity check. All appeared fine until I wiggled the RS540 leads – Bingo, zero resistance between +12v and the chassis. The other was the same – intermittent short!

Do not suppose the wires we’re tortured, or the connection was cooked – I did them myself.

BaneBots – how prophetic it that?