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I blew up my receiver. Now what?

I brought my Integra DTM7 to Europe. Plugged it in, and POP! I discovered that unlike my other electronics, it definitely could not handle 220v wall current. Smoke poured from the vents for a while, even though I immediately unplugged it. 
So:

1. What did I break? A fuse? A capacitor? Everything?

2. What’s the best way to get it back up and running here in Europe?

thanks!


jmk2

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terry9
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Good for you, JMK. Some of these jerks need to be bitten back.
terry9
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Sorry for your bad news JMK. But don’t let these guys get you down. I’ll bet most of them learned by doing the same damned thing, or something pretty much like it.

I know a very senior electronics genius - control systems for big time nuke research - and he calmed me down after one of my disasters, saying, "How do you think I already knew that?"

If you learned from the episode, that’s plenty good enough. Write it off and move on. Good luck with the replacement!
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