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| keefyboy:
Just for reference purposes, If my arcade monitor's showing symptoms of needing caps replaced, wouldn't it be possible to just examine the caps and replace them with better-spec caps? I just bought an Atomiswave Japanese cab, and it has a Wei-Ya monitor. It was made in 2003, so it's not *that* old, but 10 years from now, I'd like to still be enjoying it. Unfortunately, no one sells a cap kit for it. Fortunately, I live right next to the electronics capital of the world in Akihabara, so a range of capacitors is readily available. In the US, Mouser Electronics and Newegg is your virtual Akihabara, I just get to see it in-person. :burgerking: Just figgerin' that if I have a 125V-10uF cap and I replace it with a 250V-20uF cap, it will work. More expensive than necessary, but won't create a black hole that destroys the Universe. :D And in this case, it's a given that we're talking about replacing no-name caps with high-spec ones. Thanks all! :cheers: |
| gazz292:
up the voltage rating, but keep the capacitance rating, i.e to replace a 125V 10uf cap, use a 250v 10uf cap, only thing to check is if the higher voltage cap will physically fit, |
| RayB:
Just want to mention that 2003 is right around that whole "bad cap" scandle that affected pretty much every electronics manufacturer. So it's not too new to have problem caps. |
| keefyboy:
So what caps do I need to replace? All of them? That seems unlikely - the few cap kits I saw pictured in no way had every capacitor - just the cylindrical ones, and not very many at that. I'm going down to Akihabara, and there are a few shops there that sell nothing but caps. No wire, no resistors, no switches, just caps and only caps. I'd like to get a decent DIY cap kit put together so I can replace the caps before everything else gets here. Unfortunately, I have a Wei-Ya M3129D. Unfortunate in that cap kits are unavailable, and recommendations for which caps to replace are non-existent. I checked the monitor manual, and there's no circuit diagram or cap list. |
| grantspain:
its the electrolitic capacitors that cause problems,lf you want to be a total pro with the chassis then you remove each cap one at a time and read them with a capacitance meter and then replace as necessary always try to get 125 degree caps if possible and go for known brands-not some cheap chinese crap mind you its possible to buy chassis for about 100$ |
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