On 21 Mar 2007 15:39:48 -0700, "larry moe 'n curly"
<larrymoencurly@my-deja.com> wrote:

>
>DaveW wrote:
>
>> There are no fuses in PSU's.
>
>Every PC PSU I've seen had at least one fuse in the high voltage
>section, and those Antecs made by Channel Well Technology (SmartPower,
>TruePower) have two. But if a fuse blows, the high voltage
>transistor(s) almost always get destroyed as well.

One has to wonder if DaveW has ever seen the inside of a
PSU, the fuse is pretty hard to miss on most of them.

I tend to agree that if the fuse is blown the transistors
are shot, but not necessarily the other way around,
transistors can blow without taking out the fuse.