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From: grr@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm,comp.sys.misc,misc.wanted
Subject: Re: c64 power supply
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Date: Sat, 27-Dec-86 02:52:07 EST
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Posted: Sat Dec 27 02:52:07 1986
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In article <342@neoucom.UUCP> wtm@neoucom.UUCP (Bill Mayhew) writes:
>
>                                                          The power
>packs made in the last couple of years are potted in plastic, which
>makes servicing even the fuse pretty nasty.
>
>Also, thanks Commodore for making the power pack for th C-128
>decent.  It was about time that the fuse was made accessible
>without taking a chisel to the plastic blob!
>
>Bill Mayhew

The potted power supplies are a result of trying to sell the same system/supply
in Canda as the US.  The Canadian safty testing outfit (CSA) thinks that "NO
USER SERVICABLE PARTS" means no user replacable fuse.  If the power supply fuse
were replacable, then the whole mess needs to be certified in a different
category.  There is also some tie-in with whether or not a 3-prong plug is
required.
-- 
George Robbins - now working for,	uucp: {ihnp4|seismo|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr
but no way officially representing	arpa: cbmvax!grr@seismo.css.GOV
Commodore, Engineering Department	fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)