On 9/27/99 10:03 PM, James Taylor said:
>The docking motor made a brief grinding noise and
>then...ticking...and a few moments later ... poof! Curiosity forced me to
>re-open the power supply and I found that my newly installed capacitor had
>blown apart.
Ummm.... I've been following this thread, but no nothing about this dock
power supply business. However, if this capacitor is an electrolytic --
as seems likely from its value, etc., it has a polarity! Put it in the
wrong way round, and this might be the result....
Take care, guys.
Steve
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