Re: [oopic] Motor Alternate Power Source

Although Dan will make fun of me for mentioning this, 6 AA batteries
is 9V which is quite a bit higher voltage than the standard servo wants
to have. They want from 4.8V to 6V. GWS servos in particular will let
the magic smoke out at 9V, Futaba and Hitec will be OK, but run warm.
BTW, there is no way on Earth you will get 24V out of 6 AA batteries.
Check the battery in your DVM and then your connections.

DLC

jon_mark_go wrote:
> I am running 4 servo motors off of the OOPic (two modified for
> continuous rotation for movement, and two normal 180 degree servos). I
> have been running them using 6 AA batteries in a battery pack but for
> some reason the battery pack now heats up and causes the motors to
> smoke. As far as I can tell (unless I'm using my multimeter wrong),
> they're outputting 24V... Can anyone suggest a sufficient power
> source/type & number of batteries for 4 motors?
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