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Adrian Tuddenham wrote:

Has someone spilled liquid into it?


If built to BSEN60065 properly it wouldn't matter. Fault currents should be dealt
with by blowing fuses or adequate copper foil thickness / area to withstand the
current.

I'll bet some clot replaced a fuse with some ali foil.

Graham