On Fri, 14 Jul 2000, Tony Duell wrote:
> > Oh, and anyone know why the PSU fuse in the Apple ][c is soldered in rather
> > than being in a carrier? I blew my ][c when I forgot it was a US
> > one.....doh.....I can solder in a replacement fuse but I just thought I'd
> > ask if there was a reason why it was soldered....if I can get a carrier to
> > fit I'd rather do that!
>
> Normally when a fuse blows there are other faults -- fuses do not blow
> for no good reason. So when the fuse blows you're going to need a
> soldering iron anyway to put the other problem right.
Unless you happened to plug a 120v PS into a 220 supply, being the case
here, in which case you can leave the soldering iron in the tool cupboard
and look for your misplaced brain cells ;)
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Received on Fri Jul 14 2000 - 14:22:46 BST