22 Sep
2014
22 Sep
'14
6:15 p.m.
Aren't those PSUs rated for 600W or so? It seems a stretch to believe that
anything as wimpy as a shorted low-value cap could ever last long enough to
force a supply shutdown due to over-current. I mean +maybe+ but..
I'd be looking to the heavier, more robust components if you suspect
something's dropped a crowbar across the output.
On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 6:00 PM, Ian McLaughlin <ian at platinum.net> wrote:
On Sep 22, 2014, at 3:35 PM, Jarratt RMA
<robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com>
wrote:
Annoyingly, after desoldering three capacitors,
and breaking the one
mentioned above, I still see an apparent short across the outputs of the
PSU.
It may be that there in fact *is* a shorted tantalum inside the power
supply - it just hasn't exploded yet :)