RIP ‘Wiggy’

[DavidJ247]

Something tripped a breaker on our display a few days ago, everything but the mega tree came back on, I found a dead psu which was promptly replaced and things were back to normal.
On further investigation I found the cause of the psu failure, an earwig had crawled inside the power supply casing and shorted a component. Pleased to say the overload fuse blew protecting the psu and the display from any major catastrophe. Although it killed the psu, a $30 Ray Wu power supply is a small price to pay after 5 years of service. Unfortunately no such protection for the earwig, RIP Wiggy!

 

[Katekate]

gotta have bug mesh on vents, especially if your controller is near the ground.

 

[Notenoughlights]

I once had an earwig crawl into a plug and proceed to set up home between live and earth. Kept tripping the rcd and confusing me because I could not find the problem. Eventually narrowed it down to the one plug and dismantled it. Found the culprit and everything went fine after that.

 

[AAH]

RIP little fella

 

[vk3heg]

I had one do the same thing back in the incandescent days inside a SSR box. 240V must have tasted nice!. Like you I had a RCD on that box.

 

[Iain]

I once had an earwig crawl into a plug and proceed to set up home between live and earth. Kept tripping the rcd and confusing me because I could not find the problem

My shed has been doing this on and off for a year. I wonder if that’s the cause? I can’t single it down to any one point though…

 

[jollyzee]

I wish I could come to the funeral, but ....