Smoke from a servo!

wingcloud · 2016-05-26 23:17:04

Hi,

I received a PLEN2 dev edition assembly kit yesterday.
I believe I assembled it and I tuned up home positions without any troubles.
I could control all servos from ControlServer while tuning positions.

However, I found smoke from a servo when I switched it on today morning.
The servo seems to be broken. OMG.
I didn't send any signals yet today.
What happened and did I take some mistakes by any chance?
I'm new to use servos.

Thank you for your kindness.

Last edited by wingcloud (2016-05-27 01:09:46)

Guvalif · 2016-05-27 02:52:09

Hi, wingcloud

Oh... I'm sorry to hear that X(

If PLEN's servos (and general servos) get stress while a long time, then these will be broken.
This can happen if the arm was sinking into your PLEN's body.

However, if you didn't tune up the home position was like this, the trouble almost probably happened by the early failure.

wingcloud · 2016-05-27 09:51:27

Hi Guvalif,

Fortunately, the support team offered me to give a new servo for the broken one,
because it's likely an early failure. I'm happy!

Anyway, I understand we need to avoid big servo stress for safety.
Thank you.

hyperhobby · 2016-06-12 13:37:16

What is the support email, please? I have one of the servo burnt on the 2nd day. :(

wingcloud · 2016-06-12 14:06:35

Hi, hyperhobby

I emailed to support@plen.jp,
but it should be OK to contact through http://plen.jp/contact/.

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