Re: Smelly Power Supply

D from BC wrote:

On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:03:04 -0400, John Popelish <jpopelish@xxxxxxxx>
wrote:


D from BC wrote:

I have a fairly new Marvenet Mastech power supply and geezz... it's
stinking up my place.
The power supply is fine and my loads have been under 1W. It's a ~200W
power supply.
I've smelled a lot of electronics but this is weird.
IIRC the smell of kerosene, it's something like that..
It stinks more when the power supply is running.

Any idea what's going on?

Chemical residues?
Cheapo circuit boards with a material that stinks?
Stinky transformer goop?

I would probably try to make the olfactory equivalent of a stethoscope (i.e. a small plastic tube stuck in one nostril). This should allow you to sample the scent close to many different components to find out where the smell is coming from, if a visual inspection does not turn up any good candidates. I suggest you don't inhale too deeply.


Sniffying my power supply electronics with a tube up my nose will
certainly be on the list of bizarre things I've done in electronics..
:P
There will be no photos... :P


D from BC
British Columbia
Canada
!!BANNED!! by Congress! Absolutely no power supply sniffing! Not even behind closed doors!
.

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