Date   : Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:23:53 +0100
From   : zeem.uk@... (Alex Taylor)
Subject: Wakefield Acorn Show Redux

2009/4/27 Jonathan Graham Harston <jgh@...>:
>> Message-ID: <d8834d20904270928k2d48cb27x6a5e8f83d2eb9ef@...>
>
> Alex Taylor wrote:
>> > Special mention to JGH, whose power supply exploded and smoked in a rather
>>
>> Burst X2 filter caps? If so it probably still works. I've lost count
>> of the things I've had with that problem.
>
> The PSU never actually stopped working, it just gave off streams of
> acrid smoke and made it difficult to continue using it ;)

That's the one! The last one I had happen, I just carried on using it
as if the hissing and smoking weren't happening. Much to the
consternation of the person standing next to me.

An incredibly easy and cheap repair for anyone with basic soldering skills.

-- 
Alex Taylor