Good morning,
The other day we had an electrical storm and although all my electronics survived, my Time Capsule will no longer power on. I'm not sure if there is an internal fuse or if I have to take it in to an Apple Store to get checked out.
v/r
Mark
Time Capsule-OTHER, Mac OS X (10.7)
Opening the TC and poking around is fairly dangerous if the OP starts unwrapping the power supply.. please be warned.. the primary capacitors in the power supply can hold a full charge for several weeks. They might not kill you but you will be digging the finger nails out of the ceiling. There is no fuse.. period that you could simply change.. modern electronic devices will use a varistor or voltage controlled diode. The whole power supply can be replaced by a repairer on my listing..
But it is not guaranteed to fix it.. please read the warnings here. http://sites.google.com/site/lapastenague/a-deconstruction-of-routers-and-modems /apple-time-capsule-repair/apple-time-capsule-repair-type2
Opening the TC and poking around is fairly dangerous if the OP starts unwrapping the power supply.. please be warned.. the primary capacitors in the power supply can hold a full charge for several weeks. They might not kill you but you will be digging the finger nails out of the ceiling. There is no fuse.. period that you could simply change.. modern electronic devices will use a varistor or voltage controlled diode. The whole power supply can be replaced by a repairer on my listing..
But it is not guaranteed to fix it.. please read the warnings here. http://sites.google.com/site/lapastenague/a-deconstruction-of-routers-and-modems /apple-time-capsule-repair/apple-time-capsule-repair-type2
They don't repair them.. they are a sealed unit. If you have apple care. just get it replaced. If you have important files on it .. sorry it is not a NAS. It is only for backups.
There are no accessible fuses inside.. these days fuses are links in the board anyway. A replacement power supply may fix it, but if it got in via ethernet it can blow out the ethernet ports so it is better to just replace it.
Yes, take it to your Apple store for repair.
Yes, you can open the time capsule.
I am not sure there is a fuse in there, but I don't think so.
If you have Apple Care, go to Apple,; if you don't you could look inside.
Here is a link that explains how to change the disk in it:
http://www.hardmac.com/articles/79/
Very probably if you search the site of iFixit there will also be info about the insides of Time Capsule.
what do I do if I think a fuse blew
