Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!cbmvax!grr From: grr@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (George Robbins) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm,comp.sys.misc,misc.wanted Subject: Re: c64 power supply Message-ID: <1182@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP> Date: Sat, 27-Dec-86 02:52:07 EST Article-I.D.: cbmvax.1182 Posted: Sat Dec 27 02:52:07 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 27-Dec-86 08:35:54 EST References: <2333@mtuxo.UUCP> <342@neoucom.UUCP> Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 22 Xref: mnetor comp.sys.cbm:88 comp.sys.misc:165 misc.wanted:359 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)