AR Timer Fuses Blowing?

[sirendude2012]

While me and my partner in crime were working on my AR Timer (getting the clock motor to work) we plugged it in and the bottom fuse kept blowing (We went through two bottom fuses) We went to the extent of following every single wire in a wiring diagram, everything was correct.

My hypothesis was that the input polarities were the wrong way, so I switched them. Now the top fuse is blowing.

I don't know what's going on. Everything is wired correctly according to the manual. The only thing blown on the timer is the amber pilot light, which has a replacement going through the mail system as I type. The timer was originally part of a Siratrol cabinet and no wiring has been changed.

Anybody know what could be going on?

[Stormsetter4]

Sounds like somthing is short circuited or overloaded. Double check everything.

[sirendude2012]

Sounds like something is short circuited or overloaded. Double check everything.

I did, probably 3 or 4 times. I know why fuses blow, I just don't know what's making them blow.

EDIT: I think it might be the position of the cams. The way it's positioned means the motor feed and both signal circuits are energized simultaneously and immediately, which is what I think may be overloading it. So now I need to hook up the clock motor to straight 120 and turn it until it's in the "all off" position and see if that does the trick.

Edit of the EDIT: It is the cam position. I put the cams in the middle of a cycle and it worked fine until the end of the cycle, when all the switch rollers fell into the end groove and overloaded the timer. I just need to put it in the middle of a signal again and press cancel, that should sort things out. Of course, I blew my last fuse doing this test, so I need to go get some more...

[sirendude2012]

Necessary Double-post.

I was fiddling with the cam switches to see if they had a role in this issue and I finally pinpointed the culprit. When the middle cam switch (alert) falls into a groove (into the ON position), the fuse blows, even if the left-most switch (main) is also in a groove (in the OFF position). The right cam switch (attack) doesn't contribute to this hullabaloo.

Now I just need to figure out why this is happening. I don't know if it's happened before. I'm hoping one of the timer experts will chime in and tell me a wire is in the wrong place or something.

Me, my partner-in-crime, and my partner's father (who works for a power company) have followed every wire with a wiring diagram, and it all looks correct to us.