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Old 12-15-2023, 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by retiredguy123 View Post
How did he know your issue was caused by a voltage surge? I think he just made it up.
Surge voltages area a very common/likely failure mode for electronics that have been on service for a period of time.

Sometimes the failure does not occur immediately. The surge initially weakens the component (makes it pregnant...) but it doesn't fail until a later point in time.

If you have damage from a surge or lightening strike, it's common additional components to fail days/weeks after.

In my former life, we would retreive failed critical system components and perform testing/analysis to identify the cause of component failures.

Last edited by Altavia; 12-15-2023 at 04:45 PM.