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Re: Automatic Power

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Originally Posted by Alan Anderson
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.)
We don't even have the backup battery connected (I haven't found a spot for it yet)...

I'll double-check for those darn dangly wires, but I doubt I'll find any.

Is it possible this would occur if the breaker was reversed?