On 2010 Sep 8, at 1:01 AM, r.stricklin wrote:
The 5V rail in my Sun 2/120's PSU recently failed
suddenly while the
system was running. No pop, but the rail measures out around 2.5VDC. I
believe I have tracked the fault down to one of a pair of 26000uF
electrolytics which are in parallel across the 5V output studs. These
are screw-lead, rated for 7.5V (12V surge), 85 deg. C, -10 +75% tol.
They are 1.375" dia, and 2.125" tall. Mechanically, there is no room
for anything even slighlty larger.
Mouser stocks a part which is physically too tall---at 3.125", too
tall by an inch. This is a 10V (12V surge) part. They also stock a 50V
part from a different manufacturer which is even taller (>4"). There
are 10V (12V surge) parts that fit, but have too low a capacitance
(18000uF). There are 7.5V (9V surge) parts which will fit, but have
too high a capacitance (49000uF), and I'm not totally sure how to be
certain that a 9V surge rating is adequate in this application.
How about using just one of those new 49000 uF units to replace both of
the 26000 uF units (*2=52000 uF)? The 3000 uF diff isn't likely to
matter, but it can be buffed up with a little 3000 uF cap in parallel
if you feel compelled.