6 Oct
2011
6 Oct
'11
2:15 p.m.
On Thu, 6 Oct 2011, Tony Duell wrote:
Secondly, let's think about that power brick. The
transfomer rarely
fails, normally the (soldered in) fuse goes first if there's a short on
the secodnary side (note that a shorted smoothing capacitor or rectifier
on the CPU board will blow this fuse). So the only things you're likely
to have to replace i nthe brick are the fuse and the diodes. Are those
really that hard to find? My junk box is full of 'em...
There are no expensive, hard to find parts in there to protect that fuse!