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Originally Posted by chriswood1900
I suspected something wasn't right when the power came on and the lighting was much brighter, followed by many load bangs as the switch-mode power supplies let go...
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Years ago I was given a van load of brand new Nokia 17" PC CRT monitors (in the days when such things were valued) which had fallen victim to a wiring error at a local software company. Investigating, it turned out that the class X suppression capacitors had borne the brunt of the overvoltage, and had blown the fuses before anything else got damaged. I replaced the suppression capacitors, the fuses, and the main reservoir electrolytic just to be on the safe side. After soak testing they all (apart from two I kept for my own use) went to new homes for a very reasonable fee.
My friend who worked at the company said it was quite spectacular when a whole room full of PCs and monitors went off with a bang!
Chris