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Troubleshooting your build

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Known quirks in the first production runFour behaviours that look like faults and are not: the potentiometer's narrow dial range, weaker builds through the Remote Control Block, sticky spring pins on some...
How to report a problem so we can fix it fastThe five things to send so a fault gets solved in one reply instead of four. Plus the faults we take your word for, and where...
My speaker makes no sound or only cracklesUsually not a fault. The speaker needs the Siren Sound IC Block to make a sound, and that block is purple, not the dark blue shown...
Can I damage the blocks by wiring them wrong?Almost never. An LED or motor in backwards just does nothing. The one real exception is a transistor block, which can get hot or give off...
My LED, motor or block isn't workingNine times in ten it is the connection, not the block. Six steps in order, plus a separate sequence for a motor that will not run.

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