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   Phil Allison to Cursitor Doom   
   Re: Scope keeps blowing fuses   
   22 Oct 22 18:58:49   
   
   From: pallison49@gmail.com   
      
   Cursitor Doom wrote:   
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   > Hi all,   
   >   
   > So my main analogue scope, a Tek 2465A, has gone faulty. Keeps blowing   
   > main fuses (the 2A one on the rear panel). I opened the case and found   
   > two RIFA caps that had obviously blown, so replaced them,   
      
      
   ** Did both fail at the same time?   
      
     Those Rifa caps are bound to self destruct at some age, but two at once is   
   suspicious.   
      
   ....  Phil   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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