[Josh Hambright]

Although i cant for the life of me at the moment remeber why they switched to 884's instead of 883s (although i do remeber sorting all of our victors out into piles for ones we could use and ones we couldn't) I know that the 883's had a 60A output while the 884's have a 40A output.

I'd say that people are correct in making sure that no metal shavings get inside the victors, there is no easier way to release the magic smoke inside of them then getting metal shavings inside there.

I would recommend contacting IFI about this, they might be able to help you determine if infact it was faulty or if it was just user error that caused the problem.

A word of advice though, make sure if your doing any sort of work with metal around your electronics that you cover them with a cloth or at the least a piece of paper. If at all possible remove the piece of metal or the electronics in the area when working on them. This goes for motors, victors, spikes, anything that uses electrical current, as metal shavings are a deadly force on these.