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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Nick Atty wrote:
I can only remember having to replace one or two fuses, and those were
13 amp types. Most appliances which are fused at less than 13 amp will
be things like AV equipment and have internal fuses which will blow
first anyway.

When I last shut this computer down, it did all the nice things, and
then finished with a dramatic "phut!". It turned out to be the (5A)
fuse in the plug. I replaced it, turned on at the mains and "phut!"
again.

With a new PSU fitted it's working fine again. I'm pretty sure it could
have taken a 13A out - it must have gone as close to short as makes no
difference - but I'm happier it was a smaller fuse. No internal fuse
involved.

Perhaps you need a better made computer - designed for a very long life.
This '97 one has fuses in the power supply, but has never blown one. ;-)

This '94 computer also has one on the motjerboard. None blown. Of course the
problem is the surge at switch on/off which is never matched during normal
usage. Friends designing new computers had a more interesting problem: their
machines used so little power that the standard PC cases inc PSUs that they
were using would switch off - they detected so little current draw that the
case electronics assumed the machine had been switched off!

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