Quote:
Originally Posted by
triez
Mains filter electro failed and took out the transformer, and every now and then a ceramic decoupling capacitor goes short circuit and burns a hole in the PCB. I assume that my machine had a bad batch of caps installed as I have never seen ceramic caps fail before, much less short circuit.
Now that you mention it, I think this was discussed in another thread here.
How did you go replacing the transformer?
When those caps short, is there a fuse to blow? The whole thing sounds a bit catastrophic.