Training for offseason tommorow, blew the Main circuit breaker. cause for worry?

[Leav]

Originally Posted by thatprogrammer

If the main breaker gets too hot, it will blow. Using all those motors on a 130 pound *without batteries* robot most likely just over stressed it. Was the practice longer than a normal match? The length might have made the breaker get too hot, blowing it.

Some teams that use 6 motor drive trains take a can of compressed air turn it upside down and blow over the breaker to cool it down between matches. This seems to help with preventing blows.

When you say "blow" do you mean "trip" (i.e. just pop it back), or "fried" (i.e. something inside is irreversibly damaged)?

And yes, the practice session was longer than normal.... with a lot of anti-t-bone maneuvers... (so high amps)