During a carve last week my x axis went rogue. Testing it, i found when hitting left it will go one direction, hit left again and it goes the opposite. I have reattached the wires to check to loose connections . Not sure if motor went bad or ?
To be clear i have been using this for 3 weeks with 0 issues. Not sure why it would randomly not be able to go the direction i am pressing. I am going to test the coils with a multi meter. Maybe a wire broke?
Wires broken off inside insulation from a spot with a bit of a lack of strain relief? Terminal that looks good, but has the wire under, instead of inside, the cage. Its never the motor. Usually an assembly related mistake, sometimes a broken wire in an extension
Where is the most likely location and why would this happen in less than a month where i have static wires?
Right but with it being static, nothing pulling on it and it was working fine, what would cause this?
You may have just been lucky. I had a similar issue where I inserted the wire too far and the screw was on the insulation. It worked great until it didn't.
And after that, multimeter the wires in between too. Could have in invisible break, inside the insulation of one of the 4 wires
Still having trouble understanding why the wires that are not moving would break? Where do the invisible breaks normally happen, close to the connectors?
If you didn't check the connections at the BB yet do that, those connectors can work loose easy. Check / pull every wire connection, tighten every screw. Cheers Gary
Adjusted and checked wires for x at the black box. Same issue of pressing a direction and it going back and forth. Where would an invisible break normally happen on these and why so soon?
Something tucked, something bent too a too small radius, or could even have a bad spot from the factory. Stop overthinking it. Measure out the wires with a multimeter. It should take you 10 min not three days. If you think its a fault from the factory, speak to http://support.openbuilds.com/support/home
