Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!orion.oac.uci.edu!hardy From: hardy@golem.ps.uci.edu (Meinhard E. Mayer (Hardy)) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: printer fuse blows way too often Message-ID: Date: 25 Jun 91 03:16:31 GMT References: <1991Jun24.182301.20179@relay.nswc.navy.mil> Organization: University of California, Irvine, USA. Lines: 12 Nntp-Posting-Host: golem.ps.uci.edu In-reply-to: dpaulso@k30b.nswc.navy.mil's message of 24 Jun 91 18:23:01 GMT Fuses usually blow from power-surges, i.e., when starting up a device and its impedance is low; I would contact NeXT to check if your printer is not drawing TOO much current (leaky capcitor, or some jammed mecahnical part which slows down the motor, or what have you; I was an electrical engineer 40 years ago ...). Good luck, Greetings, Hardy -------****------- Meinhard E. Mayer (Hardy); Department of Physics, University of California Irvine CA 92717; (714) 856 5543; hardy@golem.ps.uci.edu or MMAYER@UCI.BITNET