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Unread 18-03-2012, 16:23
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Re: power distribution board red light stays on

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Originally Posted by Fletch1373 View Post
sounds to me like you have a short in your PD board(metal shaving, wire strand, etc. got in there) and it's causing brownouts... how long do the lights on your driver station go out for? 2 seconds? 10? 30? more?
Again, there are two ways...First, if we're actively trying to keep the red light off on that port by pressing down on the pdb or by inserting a breaker, the driver station will disable itself and come back on within a second or two. If we're not touching the board and there's no breaker present, then the driver station will disable itself and stay off until we re-enable.

It sounds like we should also check for metal shavings or other debris in the pdb. Thanks for the comments. I'm hoping that's what was causing the driver station to cut out and not something else. Thanks again!