31 May
2007
31 May
'07
4 a.m.
Tony Duell wrote:
If it was the mains suppression cap then I believe it's a standard X2 class
250V part* in the UK (but then presumably a different part gets used here in
the US version)
* I think they only sell X2's rated for 275V these days. Farnell and RS do
them I belive, but I'm not sure that Maplin do any more.
I might haul mine back home tomorrow (it's at Bletchley, but as we now have an
A/// there it doesn't need to stay) in which case I can take a look - I need
to replace that cap in mine anyway.
cheers
Jules
I'm the sort of person who even repairs modern
cheap
comsumer electronics...
I thought you were the sort of person who didn't buy modern cheap consumer
electronics in the first place? :-)
Oh, I don't like smelling defective capacitors
(tantalum bead ones are
the worst), but machine oil is certainly pleasant :-)
Warm dust is quite nice, too...
leads. A very
easy job. You DO NOT need any test
equipment. A schematic is necessary, yes, but I know
Why? All you need to know is the value of the capacitor. Not how it's
actually connected to the other components.
I would hope that somebody here could look inside their machine and tell
you the markings on the capacitor if the original one is so badly damaged
as to be unreadable.