[Mike AA]

Originally Posted by halomaster69

hi, this is the head of the electrical subteam on team #1505 Roybotics. This is our first year in the FIRST competition. well we just got done rewireing our electrical board and it doesnt work. before it did, we could test all the systems, we got a new borad lexan, and we got some victors and other stuff. like i said before it worked, not it doesnt. the only thing that we did different was that we didnt put all the victor fans on a single circut, and we wrapped some of the wires in this spiral wire tie thing. when we turned it on, the fans twitched, then nothing, the led on the breaker panel didnt light up or anything. we tested the circuts, the battery had 12 volts, the main buss had 12 volts going through it, the termainals on the breaker board had like 1.2 volts, and i could smell metal heating up, no smoke though, when we unhooked everything all the wires and stuff it worked, it lit up. but with the wires, nothing.

Please post or e-mail me at Halomaster69@gmail.com if you have any info please help.

thank you

Check for shorts and correct polarity to all your Victors and Spikes. Check all your connections. Check power before the breaker panel, right where the main power connects to it to see if you actually have 12 volts(+/-) there, if not then there's a loose connection.

-MIke