I powered on an old Classic I had in the attic sitting around for a while the other day, turns out the kettle lead was shorted directly across the boards; and tripped the RCDs and made a nice bang.
I would advise doing a visual inspection of the electrolytic capacitors, and check for obvious shorts. On Tuesday, February 21, 2017 at 1:02:55 AM UTC, Alex Ander wrote: > > I guess there's a high chance the capacitors have leaked in this time. > Any pre-turning it on checks on the machine? > > -- -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Vintage Macs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
