Thanks for the reply.
I assume your chassis is laid out like this one ? (both fuses side by side) Yes, the fuses are side by side
1. Check that there are no shorts in the power source feeding the monitor. Check - no shorts.
2. Check that there are no other devices (ie marquee light) tied into that power source and are shorted. The monitor is the only thing tied into the power source.
3. Unplug the degauss coil and see if it still blows the fuses. (two pin connector right by the fuses) I unplugged the coil, powered up, but the 6A fuse still blew. The 2A fuse was still intact though. In the spirit of investigation, I put in another 6A fuse, plugged in the degauss coil, and powered up again. The 6A fuse blew as expected (a little more violently this time), the 2A fuse still remained intact. So I'm not sure why the 2A fuse blew previously.
Also, I don't know if this matters, but the monitor chassis is not grounded. The power plug is a 3 prong with ground, but the ground only goes to the PC board power supply, not to the chassis.
Did you EVER see this machine working with this model chassis in it ? No, I've never seen it working. But, I have to believe that the guy that built it at least selected compatible components. It's not cheap to ship these machines, so I assume he at least powered them up in his shop to make sure they worked. Granted, I'm not overly confident in the quality of the components he uses. The first machine he sent (yes, this is a very long and sordid story) had a faulty power supply.