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Thu, 25 Apr 2002 07:10:55 -0400
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I do not think it would do much good.
Some of the lines you want to fuse carry some hefty currents
so any fuse would have to be very large.
Fuses are generally a "last ditch" effort at shutting down some
sort of catastrophic fault "just before" what might be the beginning
of a fire.
A more sound approach is to get a quality power supply and
trust the manufacturer to put proper safeguards in it, (and quality
parts)...   Just my $.02              Rick Glazier
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----- Original Message -----
From: "andre chiasson" <[log in to unmask]>
> The strip connector and the UPS are good products to be used between the
> computer and the wall outlet.  But what if the power supply itself starts to
> fry, is there some little gadget I can install between the power supply and
> the motherboard to protect the internal devices.  Obviously, it would be
> installed inside whereas the strip connector and the UPS are used outside of
> the computer.

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