Re: Give the Man a Cigar !! Re: Ampliphone HV revisited

From: Rodger Boots <rlboots_at_cedar-rapids.net>
Date: Mon Apr 07 2003 - 02:27:06 EDT

Christopher X. Candreva wrote:

>On Sun, 6 Apr 2003, Rodger Boots wrote:
>
>
>
>>Remove and test the resonating capacitor (C8? Hard to read schematic.
>>
>>
>
>C8 .033uf 600v polypropylene
>
>This is one for the FAQ -- when you are blowing/overheating 24v regs and
>BU406D, but everything else checks out.
>
>The one I pulled is reading .2 NANO farads. Even checked the one on my good
>monitor, figureing even I couldn't screw THAT up. Cap checker is good. C8
>is bad.
>
>The bad one is a plastic box, the good one is the red film package. Any
>flame-related reasons to go with one over the other ?
>
>
>

Don't know about flame, but you need something that can handle ripple
current. So DON'T just stick a ceramic disc in there.

This is interesting, DigiKey has these, but when you look at the spec.
sheet it tells you to use 1600 Volt for flyback application. The 1600
volt part is
at
http://www.digikey.com/scripts/us/dksus.dll?Detail?Ref=60106&Row=158526
 (BC1988-ND, $.93 each).

They also have a Panasonic part, see P3515-ND at $.72 each, datasheet is
at http://www.maco.panasonic.co.jp/www-data/pdf/ABD0000/ABD0000CE17.pdf

So how did I know the capacitor was bad? Uh, I didn't, but it was only
a matter of time until it happened.

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