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Default Transformer shot! (was scope SMPS/ capacitor venting)

It's been many years since I worked on power supplies that had large wattage resistors in it, but I do remember some 10 watters running hot enough to sizzle water or spit off them, and that's when they were running normally. That would put it over 100C I guess.