Hello, I have had a total of four HS-645MG servos overheat; each one broke and was rendered useless. I have come to the assumption that, because multiple servos have broken, it must be something with my setup. I have attached a picture of my wiring. I checked the power my servos…

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Hello, I have attached an image of my wiring and servos. The servos circled in purple are the servos that are malfunctioning. One began overheating after 15 minutes or so of use. After cooling them down and using them later that night, the other servo began overheating after 20…

Hi, Thank you for the detailed update. Here are our thoughts on this situation: Wiring seems good. It is not visible in the picture, but I assume the VL wires are going to a 9 V DC battery? Please note that 15-20 minutes of continuous use under load sounds about right for a …

Hello again, I have taken a video of my lastest movements ; this demonstrates what caused the Servos to overheat. As you will see from the video, there is one missing Servo, so it is not clearly fully functional. You will also hear a high pitched hum; this is from the new, very h…

Hi Christopher, That does sound like the most likely explanation. The torque requirement is a combination of the load on the motor due to the mass of all the parts and also the wait the gait is performed. Therefore, if you continue as is, you will most likely need more torque…