Originally Posted by
SeaJay
Just a curious question on my part.. If the servo is twitching because the servo extension is too long, how would tying several knots in it help? tying the extension in knots would shorten the overall length of the extension, however, the overall wire length would remain the same! is the extension acting like an antenna, and shortening the servo lead (by tying it in knots) would make it receive less interference signals?
Thanks, Craig
Tying knots wont help a bit but it won't hurt anything either. It would be very dificult to put a long enough extension in to upset the servo unless it was a very small gage wire where the IR drop along the wire would be significant. Unless you are using much less than 22 gage wire, you would need many feet of wire to make a noticable effect. Now, a bad conection such as a corroded or dirty one can cause a problem regardless of how short or long the extension is.