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From: jeffw@midas.WR.TEK.COM (Jeff Winslow)
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Subject: Re: IBM fuse
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Date: 30 Jan 90 18:40:26 GMT
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In article <747@odin.cs.hw.ac.uk> adrian@cs.hw.ac.uk (Adrian Hurt) writes:
>IBM PC = I've Blown My Power Circuit	:-)
>
>One of ours has.  An AT, to be precise.  I've broken into the power supply,
>and found a blown fuse.  

I don't know the details, of course, but replacing fuses in a blown switching
power supply is usually just a good (if indirect) way to melt metal. An ABC
is a slow-blow, by the way.

						Jeff Winslow