Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!ptsfa!ames!elroy!cit-vax!ucla-cs!zen!ucbvax!decvax!tektronix!reed!kamath From: kamath@reed.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Power supplies Message-ID: <6582@reed.UUCP> Date: Wed, 8-Jul-87 13:13:36 EDT Article-I.D.: reed.6582 Posted: Wed Jul 8 13:13:36 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 11-Jul-87 15:30:51 EDT References: <8707051015.aa23068@SMOKE.BRL.ARPA> <1086@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> Reply-To: kamath@reed.UUCP (Sean Kamath) Distribution: world Organization: Reed College, Portland OR Lines: 23 In article <1086@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> dryfoo@athena.mit.edu (Gary L. Dryfoos) writes: > >By the way, what is the problem with only one ground wire? The main problem is that some components on the motherboard are not properly grounded, leading to minor errors and/or major ones. AS noted, I am going to wait for mine to die before I replace it. Also, when a friend of mine's power supply died, he bought a new one and gave me the old one. I took it apart and saw that the fuse had blown in it. It's an awfully tiny one, but it so happens that the Imagewriter spares kit has a fuse about the same size. I replaced it and it seems to work just fine. I think it was due to flipping the on/off switch to rapidly (yeah, I'm the one who fried it :-(), and this caused the fuse to overload. Moral of the story, you can fix a power supply (but DON'T tell 'em who told you you could) and don't cycle the on/off switch too fast. Sean Kamath -- UUCP: {decvax allegra ucbcad ucbvax hplabs ihnp4}!tektronix!reed!kamath CSNET: reed!kamath@Tektronix.CSNET || BITNET: reed!kamath@Berkeley.BITNET ARPA: tektronix!reed!kamath@Berkeleyreed!kamath@hplabs US Snail: 3934 SE Boise, Portland, OR 97202 (I hate 4 line .sigs!)