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echo: rberrypi
to: ROBH
from: MICHAEL J. MAHON
date: 2018-02-04 15:10:00
subject: Re: Raspberry pi 3 powers

RobH  wrote:
> As the subject header says, my pi3 is now powering itself off after
> around 5 minutes, and is then unuseable.
>
> I thought there was something amiss with it a couple of weeks ago, as I
> posted on here that it was dead or dying.
>
> It has now gone off after 2 minutes!
>
> Is there anything I can do or check to find what is wrong with it.
>

One possibility is that the self-resetting fuse on the power line is
tripping at too low a current.

This is a very inexpensive part.

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