Re: Help with a non PC PSU

Yes, really good point. I've been concerned this surge caused a lot of unseen damage. For our neighborhood, many homes are still assessing all the damage (broken outlets, no hot water) many days after the outage.

Aside from replacing UPS and surge protectors, any suggestions for precautions to take?

Re: Help with a non PC PSU

Man, you guys are amazing. Thanks so much for your help!!!

Re: Help with a non PC PSU

They did have heat shrink sleeving over this component, and it was glued to the PCB. I just pulled it off to get a better look

A few more clues and some good news!
[LIST][*]The component is 8mm in diameter (my eyeball ruler needs calibrating)[*]The PCB is silkscreened with a symbol that looks like a backwards "Z" with a line through it. Haven't seen this one before.[*]Thanks to R_J's guidance, I found the board does indeed work without this component in place. I bypassed the burnt fuse for testing and it's putting out 24VDC...

Re: Help with a non PC PSU

Ah, thanks so much!!!

I'm looking for my micrometer now, so i'm not sure about the diameter, but yes, eyeballing it, it does seem to be 10mm.

The label is really burnt, so I can't pull anything legible off it, but I've attached some photos anyway, just in case.

The specs on the device do state only up to 120VAC input.

I will try operating the power supply without the mov.

EDIT: Oh, now with the aid of the blown up image, I do believe I can make out the letter VOE and 745 +

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Hi everyone,

New to this community, but I'm hoping someone can help?

Long story short, we recently had an extended power outage. For whatever reason, at least 3 dozen households in our area experienced thousands of dollars worth of electrical damage once the power came on. In our case, we lost the water heater, dishwasher, smoke alarms, and dozens of smaller electronics.

One of the smaller broken appliances I'd like to repair is a floor fan. This model was specially imported from overseas and can't be found here, so it's pretty much irreplaceable. ...

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Hello from CA, just stumbled across this board looking for some help with a capacitor issue. Will post in the PSU section now.