<div dir="ltr">2017-03-08 12:14 GMT+00:00 Alan Cox <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk" target="_blank">alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk</a>></span>:<br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">They normally just pour out smoke but the room stinks for days<br>
afterwards.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Yes, you're right. I hadn't realised that there is a safety standard that stops such capacitors from bursting into flames when they fail. <a href="http://blog.jgc.org/2011/11/my-bbc-micro-model-b-and-plume-of-acrid.html">http://blog.jgc.org/2011/11/my-bbc-micro-model-b-and-plume-of-acrid.html</a> <br></div><div> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
If you get stuck I can help but there is or was a person on the<br>
internet to whom you can send your PSU and he'll send you a fixed one<br>
back for quite a reasonable price.</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Out of courtesy I thought I should update people - I decided to send it away. Mark from <a href="http://retroclinic.com">retroclinic.com</a> managed to turn it round in one working day. Cost was £28 plus the parts I already had, inclusive of the UPS fees there and back. Royal Mail would have been slightly cheaper, I think, but I didn't feel like risking that.<br><br></div><div>This also means that Alan can spend the time carrying on with the FUZIX port instead :)<br><br>If anyone else is getting into this sort of thing, I also really highly recommend retroclinic's DataCentre, whether you fit it internally or externally: an awesome bit of kit, considered by most Beeb-heads to be a better option than the rather overpriced TurboMMC.<br></div><div><br></div><div>all the best,<br></div><div>Rhys<br></div></div></div></div><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br>
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