1726 Electric Problem

[RyanN]

I would definitely check the wire connections from the Distribution Block to the Circuit Panel, the wires tend to come loose after a lot of matches. A way to diagnose this would be to run the robot for a while (or at least try) and then feel the wires... or you could just try to tighten the wires up.

As for the breakers becoming weak; YES! it can happen. In fact, this happened to us last year during Nationals, and the simple fix was to replace all of them, but if all the Victors turn off with their fans, this points to a wiring problem. I believe all you need to do is tighten the screws that hold the wires in place. I would also recommend that you move all the heavier loads to the same block that the main power is fed, then all the smaller stuff run off of the jumped block, because I see a lot of power being fed through such a small piece of metal (80 AMPs with 2 CIMs at stall, 160 AMPs with 4 CIMs at stall; also those numbers are likely to be higher as the breakers aren't instantaneous)