Hi Neil,

> i checked out my fuses and they were all ok, not bypassed or
> anything like that. bizarely the outer part of the transormer where
> the plug actually goes in is still in perfect condition, its the
> inside thats fried and still stinking away even with it switched
> off. it was correctly set for 240V aswell

From this and the fact something similar has been seen before means
you definitely need to seek further advice/get to the bottom of it
properly - just replacing the power socket without knowing the whole
story would not be wise... I'm also a little confused about the
source of the evil-sounding 'brown liquid' - is it from the mains
transformer (big black square box on PSU board, marked 'Hahn' amongst
other things), or the power socket itself (with the switch, fuse, and
into which the mains lead plugs)

> did you get my email re the internal cv on my vcos. got it fixed
> after your guidance no probs so thanks.

No, I don't think I did, but good to hear you sorted it all out. And
talking of off-list email, did you get the brief one I sent last
night, about possible replacements for the power socket

> i see from the doepfer site that you can buy replacement back

panels

> with the mounting for the power supply so maybe i will have to get
> one of these. hope they are not too expensive.
> does anyone know how to email deiter to ask him about this problem
> and see if he has any recomendations etc. surely it should be able
> to remain on for more than 4 hours at a time.

Doepfer carry a page of email contact addresses - whenever I've sent
one to ' hardware@... ', it has always been Dieter who has
responded. Depending on what he says, I think you should brace
yourself for the possiblity of having to replace the whole PSU
(erk!), but since it should be possible to replace the power socket
separately (i.e. not have to buy the whole back panel) you should be
able to keep costs down that way.

Tim