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Roflinator on 26 December 2008
Hawk said:
bdbdbd said:
I too had to spend christmas without my Wii due to it being in repair. My youngest kid tried to put 3 DVD:s in the Wii at the same time and broke the disc drive. I took it to repair last friday, then there was the weekend when they're closed, they didn't have time to fix it mon, tue and wed, so it's next monday earliest that i get the console.

   My son had also stuffed two DVDs into my Wii, but fortunately the Wii was fine.  There was also another time that the Wii wouldn't accept me trying to insert a disk, so I hit the eject button, and my credit card came out.  The Wii really does print money.

 

...IT PRINTS MONEY YOU SAY?! brb calling the fbi

 



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bdbdbd on 26 December 2008

@Starbruin: Sorry, i misread your post in the first place, i though you were talking about the grid transformers. Now that i read your post again, you were talking about an indoors transformer. My bad.
The wiring can be pretty much anything in the old houses. I remember when 15 years ago my friends parents were thinking about repairing their houses wiring due to fuses burning pretty often and some electrical equipments blowing up sometimes. They called and electrician to check out the need and redo the wiring if needed. In the end, the voltage was pretty random when measured from the plugs and one plug gave more than 300 volts output. Apparently some wire had a loose connection.

@omgwtfbbq: If you live in an apartment, the houses electrical center should have surge protectors. Fuses and circuit breakers, then again, are in the apartments.



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omgwtfbbq on 26 December 2008
Words Of Wisdom said:
omgwtfbbq said:
TWRoO said:

Never had a surge here, we only have a surge protector at all because it is similar to a multiple socket extension, and it's just a charging laptop, the router and the modem plugged into it.

In fact, don't standard fuses (that come in all UK wall plugs) basically do the same thing as a surge protector, the only difference being surge protector can handle more.

fuses (and circuit breakers, for more advanced countries) are not the same thing as a surge protector.

A fuse/circuit breaker protects from excess current, which could occur if you plug too many devices into a single outlet.

A surge protector protects from excess voltage, which could occur due to faulty wiring, lightning, faulty devices plugged in, etc.

Having a fuse/circuit breaker does not negate the need for a surge protector.

 

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Acevil on 26 December 2008
disolitude said:
celine said:
BrainBoxLtd said:

Just unplug the AC adaptor from the wall and the Wii and let it sit for a few hours to a day. That's always fixed this problem for me.

Yup, try this.

 

 

 You guys are so smart. Told her to do this and when she tried it again this morning it worked. Christmas is saved...

 

 Wii has autorepair function confirmed! I am confused what really happened. (no idea why I wrote expected)



 

celine on 27 December 2008
Acevil said:
disolitude said:
celine said:
BrainBoxLtd said:

Just unplug the AC adaptor from the wall and the Wii and let it sit for a few hours to a day. That's always fixed this problem for me.

Yup, try this.

 

 

 You guys are so smart. Told her to do this and when she tried it again this morning it worked. Christmas is saved...

 

 Wii has autorepair function confirmed! I am confused what really expected.

Yamauchi dark power confirmed

 



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