"TEX" wrote in message ...

| Anyway when I powered it up next, I found that (what it looks like) the
| posistor has blown and spat all over the case. I suspect it is a
| posistor as it runs in series with the fuse and is close to the degauss
| coil. It is actually soldered on a set of pins exactly like the ones you
| would normally plug the degauss coil.
|
| Anyway normally I understand you can just leave the posistor out, but
| since this is running in series with the fuse, without it, the rest of
| the unti will not power up.
|
| Is there anyway I can bypass it (just link the gap?, or link with with a
| fuse?) so I can be sure it was this that was causing the fault in the
| first place?

If it is a posistor and is in series with the degauss coil, bypassing it
will leave the coil running continuously. This is NOT a good thing. You
could replace it with a push button temporarily.

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