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Unread 05-02-2008, 13:24
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Re: Victor 884 Problems

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Originally Posted by Stillen View Post
hmmm. see that right there "the delegated" part may be your electrical demon itself. Unless you yourself made sure the wires were not incorrectly connected at one time, you'll be unable to determine if the 884s are faulty from the factory or are damaged now due to an accident......... As for us, one year we made sure all the connections were ok, and shrink wrapped, all color coded correctly. We forgot to ohm out the connections, and a small piece of shaving fried our controller, silly us.....

I personally learn by my own mistakes, thats why i'm not a pilot...
All true BUT we've all forgotten some of the OTHER possibilities... like ESD.
You may have someone on the team that carries a HUGE charge... ( Maybe rubs the Victor on his polyester jacket before installing for good luck...don't laugh) That being said... three failures is VERY unlikely to be ESD. Still it's possible if they were all together somewhere ...possibly the factory...and all received some kind of charge.
Since you are so snake bit, I suggest following all the safety guidelines for handling electronics just to eliminate the really odd possibilities... (AND find that guy carrying the huge charge and tie him to a copper ground rod!)

Steve