Can a Blown Surge Protector be Fixed? (011)

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  • Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
  • I’ll cut to the chase: it can be made to work anew, but to say we fixed it is a bit of a stretch. Come check it out!
    #homerepair #electrician #surgeprotector

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  • @brendakoldyk1647
    @brendakoldyk1647 11 місяців тому +5

    This should be a PSA why Electricians don't repair electronics. You could have desolder it and replaced the same switch and added a few MOV to ground it would still be a Surge protector.

  • @thegraphicw
    @thegraphicw 10 місяців тому +4

    The burnt part is a MOV. It won't be a surge protector anymore when you bypass them. You just have a simple power strip then.

    • @TheSickestNick
      @TheSickestNick  5 місяців тому +1

      Metal oxide varister?

    • @mechamicro
      @mechamicro 4 місяці тому +2

      Wonder if I can use soldering to replace with another one?

  • @aliq8883
    @aliq8883 Рік тому +6

    Did you just remove the surge protection off a surge protector 😂😂

    • @TheSickestNick
      @TheSickestNick  Рік тому +1

      Lol basically. To be fair, I did set out thinking I could fix it. Once I realized that wasn’t possible I just made a plug strip haha

  • @gunnwild1
    @gunnwild1 2 роки тому +8

    Now it's just a power strip LOL

    • @TheSickestNick
      @TheSickestNick  2 роки тому +3

      Lol yep. No more pesky surge suppression 🤣

  • @arthurserino2254
    @arthurserino2254 Місяць тому

    You could've figured out the MOVs were toast since the protection light was off, and you could've saved the original switch if you had desoldered the contacts from the circuit board.

  • @travishaynes1180
    @travishaynes1180 9 місяців тому +4

    You made it unbelievably dangerous !!!! LMAO😂

  • @magnum164
    @magnum164 11 місяців тому +2

    That was a thermal fuse that got to hot.

    • @TheSickestNick
      @TheSickestNick  5 місяців тому +1

      Guess it did its job!

    • @magnum164
      @magnum164 5 місяців тому +1

      @@TheSickestNick yes/No. The frustrating part is the house electrical fuse/breaker should have blown before the thermal fuse. It is the last defense. I had a brand new electrical cord do the same thing and there was no reason for the fuse to blow, totally rendered a brand new cord useless.
      My only guess is since they are inside an electrical enclosure they just get hotter faster than they should, and I was using in a hot area of my shop. That's my story and I am sticking to it 😀

  • @OliviaSaannah
    @OliviaSaannah Місяць тому

    nice

  • @cubinn149
    @cubinn149 7 місяців тому +2

    We like to get jinky

  • @PeterMiller1
    @PeterMiller1 10 місяців тому +2

    What did you use to reattach the back cover now that you drilled out the rivets? You skipped that part.

  • @yurieu5872
    @yurieu5872 5 місяців тому +1

    Hi there mister do this can operate under 240V?

  • @ColaTai
    @ColaTai Рік тому +2

    Okay then