19 Mar
2011
19 Mar
'11
5:23 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Jarratt" <robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2011 7:09 PM
Subject: Smoke From PSU Socket
I was given a DELNI recently, but it did not seem to
work so I unplugged it
for later inspection. I just plugged it in now and it went up in smoke,
knocking out all the sockets in the house. I have opened it up and the
curious thing is that none of the capacitors has or any other component of
the PSU is showing any signs of damage, there is scorching only around the
socket itself.
I am not knowledgeable on PSUs, what does this mean?
Thanks
Rob
Socket was wet and shorted out maybe? You need a decent amp draw (dead
short) to kick a breaker. Shorting a capacitor would let out smoke and break
the connection after it melted away.
I just lost a power cord to my mutli voltage laptop brick, the brick is fine
but the power cable shorted out at the 3 prong plug (smelly).