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Tested and running well, but when it gets to higher speeds near the max of what my controller outputs the board in the tender starts to smoke. The board is faulty and will need to be replaced! – This could be how these boards were designed and simply cannot handle the max voltage. Note it currently has a “burnt out” smell to it from testing, but this will go away within a few weeks/days.

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