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[ale] fried innards



On 8/6/2013 3:28 PM, Sean Kilpatrick wrote:
> I no longer remember the brand of power supply, but I do find it
> interesting that no brand name or electrical details are visible on the
> surfaces of the PSU that I can see.
>
> Looking at the charred remains of the fried plug, I can see that both
> ground wires popped out of the plug and the 12 volt yellow wire has its
> insulation burned off for nearly 2 inches. Yet the PSU fuse did not trip.
>
> Sean
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Thus my concern, over current protection should have kicked in.