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First time messing with this stuff. I killed the original camera on my drone so I thought I would add a Caddx Ratel to it, and along with that add a new VTX, because the camera / VTX that came on the Indorfin is an AIO unit, and I couldn't just replace the camera. Since I am learning and piecing my way through this, I tried salvaging the plug and wires from the original camera and desoldered the 5v power and ground wires from the Nano, and replaced them with those wires and plug from the old one. I had a hell of a time trying to get those tiny little wires soldered on the terminals without bridging them. I am sure I did have them bridged but found some flux and was able to get them pretty clean again. I just resoldered them up and checked for continuity and see none, but when I plug in and power up the VTX and camera I can feel the VTX getting hot. It steadily ramps up in temp to a point I think the magic smoke will begin coming out if I don't pull the plug. Surely this isn't normal, right?