[En-Nut-Discussion] Hardware and fuse info

[Tim Tait]

A glasscase  fuse will glow before it blows, but I think the case of 
this one is ceramic, I am suprised it is that visible.

If I were looking for the problem, I would look for where that power is 
going by finding what is getting warm...

Tim

Harald Kipp wrote:

> Hello Bas,
>
>
>> Yes, this fuse was the one that blew first time, and now shines a bit 
>> when applying power (i stopped at 7.5v).
>
>
> Someone else reported a glowing fuse recently and my
> colleague, who had been most doubtful. We never saw
> that happening. Anyway, looks like your board is indeed
> broken and I'd suggest to send it back to egnite for repair
> or replacement.
>
>
>> So it should be safe to try it again, at the possiblity the fuse will 
>> stop working? Because i had the powersupply checked, and it generates 
>> indeed 9v (when set at).
>
>
> Right, Ethernut 2 is quite well protected against power
> supply problems. On the other hand, something on the
> board consumes too much current and might get broken
> sooner or later. Therefore I'd recommend to return it.
>
> Harald