Re: Servo motors with Geckos get hot when idle.

Derek,

Check to see if the motors are under a torque load when they are
stopped. The motors should never be allowed to get that hot. You will
kill them in a short time.

Mariss

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> Hi
> Sometimes one of my servos will get scorching hot when I leave them
engaged but idle over a period of 30 minutes to an hour. It doesn't
happen all the time and it's not the same servo every time. When I'm
running them they don't get hot at all.
> Any ideas on this?
>
> Thanks
> Derek