Thanks for clearing this up!
I now know I am safe.
I three of the cases I own, I bought second hand so I was dying to find out.
It was all good.

Ernst

On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 6:58 PM, Sean Williams < sean@... > wrote:
> ... and here's what one of mine looked like after the event:
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> http://monosynthorchestra.com/images/doepfer_meltdown.jpg
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> I'd be surprised if there were many left now that haven't failed, but
> if it happens to you, an even cheaper way around it is to crack the
> metal can, cut/lever away the plastic/goo and remains of the filter,
> until all that's left are the metal connectors, then simply resolder
> the mains wires to these terminals. This means no expense, no
> sourcing of parts, and no more than 2 hours work.
>
> sean
>
>>Hi list,
>>
>>After all this talk of which power inlet is good/bad etc., I decided to
>>take a few snaps of the one in the second-hand case I had to replace,
>>and made a page for it at my website:
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>>< http://www.timstinchcombe.co.uk/synth/iec_mod/iec.html > http://www.timstinchcombe.co.uk/synth/iec_mod/iec.html
>>
>>Also there is the part no. of a suggested replacement, which might be
>>of some use (or at least save someone else spending hours and hours
>>looking for a replacement which is _just_ the right size). If there is
>>anything glaringly wrong there, I'd appreciate being informed!
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Tim
>>
>>
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