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Default Post mortem on an IEC connector



N_Cook wrote:

Burning right thru the pcb for 1/2 inch around the L pin of the IEC, melting
of the plastic of the IEC above the burning and even the linecord plug
surrounding the L pin melting where heat conducted through the pin
presumably.


Indicates vast overcurrent.

Did someone put aluminium foil in the plugtop fuse ? Typical musician practice.

Graham