Debugging droid mta

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 12:03:08PM -0500, Russell Reiter wrote:
> Alas, my squeeze box's power supply went up in a puff of burnt
> varnish, so no test bed for the time being. Although I could pry the
> PS open to see if a 3 cent fused saved my components. The smell
> indicates not however.
> 
> Interestingly enough a friend who has an understanding of analog
> electronics asked me "did it smell like a resistor."  Anyone know what
> a burnt resistor smells like?

Unfortunately yes I do know.  It is awful.  Not sure how to describe it
though. :)

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Len Sorensen
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