<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">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?<BR>
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-eric</FONT></HTML>