we dumped a cup of coffee (large, with cream and sugar) into a dot matrix printer accidentally. I figured it was fried. So we unplugged it and turned it off and dumped a small amount of windex in after that. Next day it worked, and worked for another 4 years.
On Tue, 7 Sep 2010, Lenny McHugh wrote: > Well, the old refrigerator that I am recycling through the pp&l program > almost totally let me down. They are picking it up tomorrow morning. There > was a message on my answering machine that it must be plugged in and running. > It was running when it was moved outside so I plugged it in tonight and > nothing. Here it tripped the gfci outlet. after resetting it did not work > just kept tripping the outlet. Just for kicks I plugged it into an outlet > from inside not gfci. This time the light came on but nothing else. After > toying for a few minutes my son-in-law said hit it. I picked up one end and > dropped on the porch and it started running. Plugged it back into the gfci > and it it still works. I suspect that a relay was stuck tripping the gfci but > not enough to short out the unprotected line. Anyway it is working so I will > get my $35 and free removal tomorrow morning. It reminds me of an old > Burroughs field engineer who hit the computer main console and it started > working, his commen t was that they do not pay me to hit it but for knowing where to hit it. > --- > Please visit my home page, it is motivational, educational, inspirational > with a touch of humor. There is also a very extensive resource list for the > blind. > http://www.LennyMcHugh.com > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]