29 May
2007
29 May
'07
5:32 p.m.
I guess this is some sort of joke.
If you're new here, this is a persistent flamewar here between those,
like myself, who favour component level repair, and those that don't.
OK, I mist admit I do sometimes take it to extremes. I'm the sort of
person who even repairs modern cheap comsumer electronics...
But again the triviality of such a repair can't
be
underestimated. In fact, you should be GLAD when a
capacitor poofs in yer p/s. It's VERY easy to diagnose
what went wrong (ye can smell it, and oh don't it
smell nice. I ain't kidding. I LIKE the smell of
toasty caps. And machine oil too). And there's only 2
Oh, I don't like smelling defective capacitors (tantalum bead ones are
the worst), but machine oil is certainly pleasant :-). I can't understand
people who think new machine oil is 'dirty'...
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.
-tony