Re: 3 blown Power supply's in 6 months.

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Tom

Take a look at this..

http://www.littelfuse.com/cgi-bin/r.cgi/application/Computer/3.html?LFSESSION=oNm8TFzMb5

Fuses are not just found in domestic, industrial and automotive power supply
lines..

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Mike Hall
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"w_tom" <w_tom1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Fuses don't protect electronics. After something electronic
> has failed, a fuse may blow. This so the hardware failure
> does not result in harm to humans. Do you think a fuse blows
> to protect electronics? Electricity. First it flows through
> everything in a circuit. Only then does something blow after
> everything has been exposed to the same current flow. A 13
> amp fuse is going to blow because more than 3 amps flowed
> through a component rated only for 2 amps? Only when the 2
> amp component shorts and starts drawing more like 13 amps.
>
> J-Dee wrote:
>> im from UK and every power cable has to have a fuse in UK so suppose it
>> depends where your from. if you use fuses it could well be a problem.
>>
>> "Leythos" wrote:
>>
>> > In article <10BC4506-70D3-4ED8-96C2-4D116A62B9D4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>> > JDee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
>> > > Try another powercable it might have a faulty fuse.
>> >
>> > Power cables don't have fuses, at least not the ones I've seen
>> > connected
>> > to computers in the US.
>> >
>> > If you are killing PSU's and you are SURE THE INCOMMING POWER IS
>> > GOOD/Clean, then you've got a device inside the computer that's
>> > overloading the PSU.
>> >
>> > You need to determine what part of the PSU is dead - is it a fuse on
>> > one
>> > of the DC lines or one the AC of the PSU or something else.
>> >
>> > Your spec's don't seem to need more than 350W would provide, but you
>> > could have a shorted/intermittent connection where the screws mounting
>> > the motherboard connect to the chassis - many times the installer will
>> > not use the proper screw size (screw heads) and will short a trace
>> > without knowing it's been done.
>> >
>> > Disconnect everything, reseat the computers motherboard on the chassis,
>> > make sure that every mounting post is accounted for and that none are
>> > shorting out traces on the board, same for the screws.
>> >
>> > I've also seen power leads (for drives) without a cap over them short
>> > out on the metal parts of a case and blow a PSU.
>> >
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