Author Topic: House Fuse Trips When Machine Plugged In ??  (Read 222 times)

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Re: House Fuse Trips When Machine Plugged In ??
« on: January 12, 2013, 03:24:20 PM »

Could be a number of things.

1 - EMI Filter has a short.
2 - A wire (active or neutral) is grounding - this could be within the power box that houses the EMI filter / varistor. If the varistor has blown, then it is possible there is a short and this is a dangerous problem.
3 - Transformer has crapped itself. I have only seen one transformer crap itself in the last 20 years.

I would have this game looked at, as it will keep blowing fuses. I have seen many games "over-fused" recently, which is an alarming problem. I'm glad your safety switch is working !
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