[sdiy] [OT] ...well nothing exploded...

[Robotboy8 at aol.com]

Okay, this is mostly off-topic, but a few weeks ago our VCR started acting 
funny.  After turning it on it will blink on and off for about five minutes 
before finally staying on.  Last night I figured out what was wrong: it was 
plugged into two outlets at once.  There is a surge protector that effectively turns 
two outlets into six.  It only had three things plugged in (cable box, DVD 
player, and VCR - the television itself was plugged into the cable box).    But 
the VCR, rather than being plugged any one of the available outlets, was 
instead plugged into one prong of one outlet and another prong of the other.  As 
noted in the subject line, nothing (visibly) exploded or anything.  So my 
question has many pieces:  How did the thing manage to work at all?  Is the damage 
irreparable?  If not, are there any pieces to remove from the VCR for possible 
later use?

       -eric
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