Apple II PSU

Fred Cisin cisin at xenosoft.com
Mon May 10 18:18:24 CDT 2021


On Mon, 10 May 2021, Adrian Graham via cctalk wrote:
> Just me that reaches for a 2mm drill then? I realise people may react in 
> horror at this, but your chances of getting swarf in the PSU are slim to 
> negative. Oh and while you’re in there, please remove the 0.47uF RIFA 
> before it explodes, assuming it hasn’t already of course in which case 
> it’d be best to clean up the mess it left when it did.

This area is so backward, that metric drill bits are considered esoteric!

1/8" works OK, and will chuck in a Dremel.

If it were a damaged screw, rather than a rivet, I would use a left-handed 
drill bit.

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Grumpy Ol' Fred     		cisin at xenosoft.com


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