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Re: UK laminators

2007-01-30 by fenrir_co

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, DJ Delorie <dj@...> wrote:
>
> 
> Side note: I've found that my laminator (GBC 9") won't work in my
> office.  After an hour it's still not hot, just warm.  I plug it in in
> the kitchen, it heats up in minutes.  Haven't taken the time to figure
> out why yet.  So, try some other outlet on a different circuit just to
> see if that's the problem.
> 
> The outlet works fine for everything else, of course.
>

Yes, I had that issue too. Apparently too many things share the same
circuit. I returned one as defective before knowing this. Try a
different outlet - the Creative one, at least, has a yellow heat
sensitive plastic on it that changes to READY when it's hot enough.

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