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Joe, we had the same problem in training before ship. I remember someone saying that the breakers should be cable-tied in the 'on' position during matches to avoid tripping from shock, but I'm not sure that would help.

Our immediate solution was to first replace the offending breaker, and second, mount the new one vertically so as to avoid the largest part of the shock when we smash into the goals.

It also seems like someone might be clever enough to figure out the internal geometry of the breaker, and mount it so that the forces from the increased current are cancelled out by the forces from the impact, allowing you an instantaneous current peak.

Ok, so maybe that last bit was a little far-fetched.

One more issue, though - if the failures you're having are not shock-induced, current spikes can trip these breakers in very short time frames. So you don't need to average 100A if you have a 200A instantaneous spike. The spike will trip the breaker magnetically.
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