"its just a fuse" can be true..

SuperBee4406

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Finally got time to dig into my newly aquired game, Tapper. I plug it in and hit the power switch, the monitor shows raster, and nothing else happens. So I get out my meter and start checking fuses, and find two blown fuses. I replace them and try to the power again, and bang, Tapper lives!!

So its ture that it can be only a Fuse.

Now back to playing more Tapper....:D
 
The best is when you pull fuses and only check by the eye. Especially when you KNOW its not just a fuse. So you pull a fuse it looks fine and you start going through other stuff trying to find the issue. As your going quickly insane trying to discover the problem you finally put a meter on that fuse and low and behold....bad fuse. The situation I ran into was that fuse looked perfect, not even that old. Took it to my supply store, forgot my glasses handed to my supply guy he got me a new one and had to pull a meter out himself because the fuse looked just fine. When he did that I didnt quite feel as disgusted with myself as I did.
 
Lucky man. That's really cool, that you can say that now. :D
 
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