Shouldn't the fuse have blown first ? does it have correct fuse for the circuit.
Board still looks ok
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Shouldn't the fuse have blown first ? does it have correct fuse for the circuit.
Board still looks ok
Quoted from ChrisHibler:Sometimes...they don't. We'd like them too, but if they worked like that, we'd never see a melted coil.
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Chris your right, I had a Roadshow with a bad transistor and coil, some idiot decided to put a 16amp fuse instead of a 5amp and when I replaced the coil and switched it on…………… well flaming resistors
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