12 Jun
2016
12 Jun
'16
11:45 a.m.
On Jun 12, 2016, at 1:38 PM, Adrian Graham <witchy
at binarydinosaurs.co.uk> wrote:
Hi folks,
Got a couple of Apple ][s that were rescued from a steelworks outbuilding
and as usual they have ASTEC power supplies with .1uF and .01uf RIFA
look-at-me-and-I'll-explode caps in and I'm running out of spares.
What's the current considered replacement for these? There seems to be a
wide range available with even wider ranging prices from EVOX, VISHAY,
MATSUSHITA, PANASONIC (ok, matsushita again), Iskra, KEMET etc.
Explode? Those are ceramics caps, right? Are these the line inlet filter caps, or later
on? For line inlet, you need line rated caps, which have quite high voltage ratings for
good margin. Apart from that, I would think they should all work. I've used
Panasonic caps before, but Matsushita, Vishay and Kemet are also names I know and would
use. I don't know Evox or Iskra.
paul