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Re: What could cause a Victor to fail?

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Originally Posted by Drwurm View Post
Usually the only way to destroy a victor is having a short somewhere. Always use compressed air to blow off the terminals of the electrical board after you've been machining. You might also want to look closely at the terminal lugs on the victors. They can twist to touch each other, which would cause a good bit of sparking.
I would argue that using compressed air is the wrong thing to do. The air can actually force/wedge shavings into places they do not belong. It would be best to cover all electronics and to brush, tip upside down or vacumn away the shavings. I know that I pointed the nosel of our air compressor at the electronics once to do just that and our lead engineer had a few quick words of explainaiton for me.