ScuzzBlog: Diaries January 2020 Entry 5th January 2019: Post 01: Amiga 500 PSU - After the fire. Amiga 500 PSU - After the fire. Following advice by the fire department it was agreed to leave the burnt out shell of the A500 PSU a few days before sending in the accident emergency investigators. They have now completed a full visual inspection of the remains and couldn't find any evidence of fire on the surface. The PSU was then removed to a safe area and carefully taken apart in a fully fire protective room. The evidence from the surface did not show there to be any fire or hazardous material. However from close scrutiny of the rear of the PSU it was discovered that the surface was coated in a foreign substance and a number of the main power connectors and tracks appeared brown and possibly subjected to high temperatures. The senior investigator took me to one side and tried to calm me down before disclosing that this probably was a capacitor issue. I was so distraught and unable to speak for minutes as the horror of having a failed capacitor in the collection began to sink in. He said he was no expert but thinks that one or maybe two of the PSUs capacitors may have drained out below the main board [ That's the green thing in the pictures ] and a rogue empty capacitor could have had the plates inside collide and that is what caused the noise and then the smoke. It was all too much for me. Several friends visited to console me but I was too upset to take it all in. Eventually I braved the PSU and viewed the horror for myself. Truly a sad and distressing event and one that has scarred me for my Amiga life. Never before have I witnessed first hand the destruction caused by a capacitor. Anyway, I can no longer suffer the torment of capacitor hell, and so I have gifted the whole computer retro collection to the local charity shop. From this day forward I will collect only those things that do not suffer such perils. So welcome to the scuzz ceramic plate collection .... Or not. Probably not. I can't really back that up. Suffice to say it's an 'x' PSU. CUE !! the music THE HORROR !!!. Amiga 500 PSU - After the fire.

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