Very interesting. So even though the actuator was in spec according to what you and GDL say, it still took out the amp. Have you figured out why?

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GDL specifies between 120-180mA of current draw. This unit was slightly above that by about 20mA at the highest. Out of spec a little but nothing huge.

I think I'm going to tear into it further and explore more. There were more specifications on the GDL's website such as various resistances of motor brushes, and potentiometer.

If I had to speculate as to why it caused the failure, either some internal is intermittent and I've not discovered it yet or something caused a huge current or voltage spike and the protection bits in the amplifier we not adequate to prevent damage. Perhaps stuck linkage, and a bad potentiometer trace caused the unit to not 'know' where it was and it tried to move against a physical stop area.

More exploration is required for certain.

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