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Originally Posted by Station X
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Originally Posted by Dorian27
then the big green mains dropper resistor started smoking so I turned it off.
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Measure the AC voltage across the resistor section or sections that is/are getting hot. Square the voltage and divide it by the value of the resistor. The result is the amount of power the resistor is dissipating. |
Have you done this yet? It will answer your problem.
A risk of repeating everybody, IT IS MEANT TO RUN HOT.
You have oiled the motors and mechanism, one drop of oil or an oily finger on this resistor will make it smoke for a surprisingly long time.