pic: ummm......what?

[rabridges]

Well there's your problem. Man that must have been some shot. We can fix it, we have the technology.

[hipsterjr]

Your breakers could not deflect awesomeness of that magnitude.

[lscime]

Scotty: "I'm giving her all she's got, Captain!"
Kirk: "All she's got isn't good enough!"

And this is why you should always listen to the engineer...

[santosh]

343 did knock the crap out of us a few times. they had some great driving in that last match. but i still dont believe that the chassis could flew enough to cause that.

[Josh Drake]

I looked at the video of the last finals match and expected to see 2415 get hit near the end and then die. The breaker was still working the entire match. 2415 deployed the minibot like normal. "It's just a flesh wound."

[Andrew Y.]

yea, we lucked out because it seems to have broken into the on position

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Andrew Y.

yea, we lucked out because it seems to have broken into the on position

So how did you shut the robot off afterwards?

[David Dawson]

Originally Posted by EricH

So how did you shut the robot off afterwards?

I'm guessing they pulled the battery.

[MikeE]

I'm going to take a wild guess that it probably won't pass inspection in St Louis as-is.

[EricH]

Unplugging the battery when the circuit is on carries a risk of sparks, guys. I would not suggest trying that--ANYWHERE. That's why I asked.

[Travis Hoffman]

Just blame it on us. We looked at it funny in the semifinals.

[IndySam]

Originally Posted by Travis Hoffman

Just blame it on us. We looked at it funny in the semifinals.

Travis is a jinks! You should have seen what he did to us at SMR!

[Travis Hoffman]

Originally Posted by IndySam

Travis is a jinks! You should have seen what he did to us at SMR!

Maybe the Force is with me? I do hang around with people like this, after all (the one without the ponytail...wait the Storm Trooper is a girl...I'm pretty sure she had a ponytail too...um, the one without the moustache, then).

Instead of external shock causing damage, what about something internal/structural causing the breakage?

[ATannahill]

Originally Posted by EricH

Unplugging the battery when the circuit is on carries a risk of sparks, guys. I would not suggest trying that--ANYWHERE. That's why I asked.

What would you suggest in that situation?

[EricH]

Originally Posted by rtfgnow

What would you suggest in that situation?

I would suggest a non-conductive poke stick to separate the contacts on the main breaker. Normally, that non-conductive poke stick is the red button. Separate the contacts, then yank the battery, then pull and replace the breaker. In this case, poke on that upper tab-type thing to break connection is where I'd go for first.

I've seen the sparks that can fly when there's marginal contact on a battery to some other connection (charger, bolt, other battery). They may look pretty, but you don't want to see them because they mean something's wrong.