On Aug 23, 5:23*am, raypsi wrote:
On Aug 22, 2:52 pm, Tim Shoppa wrote:



I think that turning it on, blowing up the capacitors that are gonna
blow up,
who really wants to see smoke
coming out at least once in a while.

You been watching to much myth busters?

Not really, but a former schoolmate has worked at a place titled
"Center for Non-Destructive Testing" and my first comment to him (like
15 years ago) was "Where's the fun in that?"

Only gotcha, if the bad capacitor takes out a transformer, that's a
PITA. Not that I've never rewound bad transformers or rewound them for
a project, but having to rewind a transformer just because I was
impatient is a little embarassing.

*I think you going to has to jump the fuse to get away with that?
Nothing I hate more than shorted parts especially a shorted fuse.

The fuse is there to help (not guarantee) stop things from catching on
fire and burning down your house.

It's not there to save components.

It is sized based on primary current, not the current capacity of any
individual secondary or the components hooked to any individual
secondary.

Tim N3QE