17 Jul
2015
17 Jul
'15
2:13 p.m.
Replace - no, I don't agree - especially not for those of us who don't
have the kind of budget that your organization has. In my experience,
for equipment of this quality and vintage, 95% or more of the time an
hour to a few hours of re-forming is all that is necessary - and as Tony
has pointed out, even that is not often really necessary.
JRJ
On 7/17/2015 1:33 PM, Rich Alderson wrote:
It is
generally a good idea to re-form electrolytic capacitors in power
supplies, and to bench check the power supplies (under some kind of
load) before actually applying power to the whole unit.
It is always a good idea to replace electrolytic capacitors in power supplies.
The rest of the advice is sound.
Rich
Rich Alderson
Vintage Computing Sr. Systems Engineer
Living Computer Museum
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Seattle, WA 98134
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