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Re: Automatic Power

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Originally Posted by Swampcoder2
I think there is an evil gremlin in our breaker.
It does sound like your main breaker is broken (by failing to break reliably).

The only other possibility I can think of is that you have some dangly wires or unfortunately placed bolts somewhere, and your chassis is intermittently completing the circuit around the breaker.

(Pay no attention to the comments about the backup battery. It won't power the Victor fans or the breaker panel LED, and the RC firmware shuts off after five seconds without main power anyway.)