Creator: D. Aubry |
Date: 2000-07-16 |
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Introduction
I had to "dispose" a few big switches of my employer recently. On of them stood out by it's unpleasant burning smell when powered up, as a modder it's my duty to find out where that came from! |
| You can see clearly that something's wrong with this power supply. It's amazing that it still works. That resistor is no longer connected to the circuit paths! |
| The resistor already falls off when looking at it |
| Surprisingly no other parts have been damaged |
| This needs some creativity :-) The surrounding circuit paths had to be repaired |
| DON'T handle 250VDC like this! |
| A test run without severe problems and for security reasons only with a fan connected |
| After assembling |
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Prior ratings: 2 |