On 05/10/2013 09:23 AM, osgeld wrote:
On Friday, May 10, 2013 6:26:16 AM UTC-5, Steven Hirsch wrote:On 05/09/2013 03:53 PM, Peter Ibbotson wrote:Sadly it all went horribly wrong... Smoke from the PSU I'll investigateproperly at the weekend.If the smell was extremely acrid, it's the "X2" capacitor used for power line bypass. Not a big deal to replace, but phew what a stink they make.kind of like burning corn chips
If you grew the corn in mustard gas, maybe :-). I had to open the windows and air out my office with two fans for several hours in the middle of a January day in Vermont...