Re: IIc keeps tripping the circuit breaker

[russotto@grace.speakeasy.net (Matthew Russotto)]

In article <3d4d7947_3@news3.prserv.net>,
Tom Zuchowski <tzuchow@attglobal.net> wrote:
>
>There may be a line filter or an MOV across the AC lines before the fuse.
>MOV's are those big (approx. quarter-sized) red or black disks found near
>the AC power input. One failure mode of an MOV is to get leaky over time,
>and the breaker is maybe popping before the MOV smokes itself? You could
>test this easily enough by temporarily removing any MOV you see.

Might as well permanently remove the MOV, unless you're going to replace
them; by now, they're dead anyway.

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