Spare .22uf_at_X film capacitor anyone?

From: Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk_at_yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sun Apr 4 13:05:22 2004

On Sun, 2004-04-04 at 18:16, Witchy wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I don't know whether this has anything to do with the unfortunate storage
> 'facility' (I use the word loosely) forced on the volunteers at Bletchley
> Park, but yesterday I rescued a DEC GIGI that was stuck (?) to a shelf and
> left it in bits on a big radiator to get rid of any lurking dampness.

> Unfortunately my ol' enemy the failing film capacitor got me again and now
> the room stinks :)

Now I'm pretty spooked!

I turned on the Apple /// earlier and bang - the 0.22uF cap in the PSU
let go, filling the room with smoke. Luckily I had a spare handy, which
seemed fortunate. Then I turned on the Torch I'd got yesterday after
putting one of my spare PSUs in it (the original was toast). Turned it
on and bang - smoke everywhere. Again.

Guess what - *another* 0.22uF PSU cap, identical to the one in the '///
had decided to blow up on me. That's three between us on the same day -
what's going on?? :-)

My throat's killing me now...

cheers

Jules
Received on Sun Apr 04 2004 - 13:05:22 BST