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Originally Posted by vortalexfan
I think I may have figured out what failed on my VCR's Power supply, the Safety Cap (which in this VCR's Case was an X3 style safety cap rated at 130 pF and 2.7 MΩ) failed.
I would guess that a failed safety cap would kill a VCR power supply?  |
Those are usually installed across the line and neutral and are designed to fail "open". Long term it should be replaced, but the VCR should run fine without it.
If somehow the safety cap shorted, then that would definitely pop a fuse upstream.