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On Sat, 06 Dec 2008 23:30:04 -0000, William Sommerwerck wrote:

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I think the capacitors have sharted ...


Is that a portmanteau word? Perhaps a mixture of "shorted" and

"farted"...

You obviously haven't smelled one after its vented.


Oh, yes I have. Not just vented, but exploded...


8 of them today in fact, in PC power supplies. Ever connected to another phase instead of neutral? And no it wasn't me. But he's gonna pay for it.

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