Tron Power Supply woes... blowing 3/8A fuses...

keithsarcade

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About a month ago I changed all the fuses (and a fuse block) on my Tron to the correct values (they were all wrong when I bought it). The PS was working fine, and one of the large caps was recently replaced. According to my research, it is supposed to have a 3/8 Amp Slo-Blo. Problem is, I've gone thru a few of them, they seem to last an hour or two and then they blow. So for now, I put a 1A Slo-Blo in. Its been running for a month now with no issues (sometimes on all day).

What should I do from here? Am I fine just using the 1A, or am I going to need to address this? Is my research just wrong? If not, whats a likely culprit?
 
Time to resurrect this thread. I am in the process of replacing caps in the suitcase. Any other ideas on what might cause the 3/8A fuse to blow? Caps on the power supply perhaps?
 
I would have to look at a schematic but I will say this, pull the lower plugs that goes to the ps board ( going off memory but if i am right there are 2 , one is a 3 position with 2 wires in it, and the other is like a 9 pin) and look at the pins inside the harness side connector, do they look green ? Might want to change that plug and the one it goes into on the ps board if they do. I have seen corrosion in there cause problems on 2 different Trons.
 
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