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From: mother@sunspot.UUCP (Leonard Sitongia)
Newsgroups: unix-pc.general
Subject: Re: Leave Diagnostic Disk In?
Keywords: Does this cause other problems?
Message-ID: <620@sunspot.UUCP>
Date: 20 May 88 16:56:02 GMT
References: <4813@ihlpf.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: mother@sunspot.UUCP (Leonard Sitongia)
Distribution: unix-pc
Organization: Nat'l Solar Observatory, Sunspot NM 88349
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In article <4813@ihlpf.ATT.COM> gmark@ihlpf.ATT.COM (Stewart) writes:
>... What I'D like to do is
>to set the darn thing to switch off permanently in the event of an
>overheating until I reset the thing -- like a thermostatic circuit
>breaker.  Comments?????????????
>
>				- Mark
>

I've installed a thermal fuse in-line on the 115v between the
fuse/switch element and the power supply board.  This was just a simple
fuse that opens up at a certain temperature and was crimped in (not
soldered).  Ive seen that other types of thermal fuses are available,
including resetable ones.  The simple fuse I installed cost about $5
from a electronics supply house.
-- 
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