12 Jun
2016
12 Jun
'16
12:46 p.m.
On 12/06/2016 20:31, "tony duell" <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
They turn up everywhere. A couple of months back I was
upgrading a TRS-80
Model 4 for a friend. It had a couple of said capacitors which filled my
Large Machine Room with magic smoke... Also found them in HP machines.
Fortunately, they don't do much other damage when they go. They do
not catch fire in my experience. They may blow a fuse or trip the RCD in
the consumer unit if you are unlucky, but nothing worse.
Or make a co-worker absolutely lose his shit because a cooling fan blows the
smoke forcibly outwards :)
Actually, while we all moan about the original RIFA
ones, they have lasted
over 30 years in most cases. I don't think that's too bad. If the replacements
last as long then I won't complain.
True, and most of the time I know to check first to see if there are any
present and what state they're in - this Apple one is about to go. Monday's
was in the monitor of an ICL One-per-desk (aka a Sinclair QL with beefed up
innards and redesigned microdrives) and I just forgot to look.
--
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