28 Aug
2019
28 Aug
'19
6:16 a.m.
It was at the Maker Faire, 1 year ago, we had these caps blow on 2 Apple II's. One ran
for less than an hour before going and the other ran for a day and the next day it also
blew ( it was my Apple II ). It now lives without the capacitor.
Dwight
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Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2019 5:34 AM
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Subject: Re: TRS-80 Fireworks
On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 4:16 AM Marvin Johnston via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
I'm just curious how many people have powered up
their TRS-80 computers,
and ended up with a bang and a room filled with smoke?
I've had identical experiences with Rifa caps as others here. One
thing about them, you don't need to be powered on. The caps are
usually on the hot side of the power switch. I've had a MicroPDP-11
and a Commodore D9060 sizzle when plugged in but powered off.
Is this a normal problem with these older computers?
I'm used to seeing
the electrolytics give problems, but this is the first time I've seen
one of the X type line filter caps blow.
Rifa caps are notorious for reasons already described.
Found in a lot of 1980s gear, TRS-80, Commodore, DEC... Replace on sight.
-ethan