Re: Capacitors

Rob,

Be careful with caps. The big ones will retain enough energy to, at a
minimum get your attention, and in the worse case, KILL YOU DEAD! ! ! It's
best to discharge them before working on them.

Thanks,

Mark

Mark D. Walter
Senior Programmer/Analyst
CCX, Inc.
mwalter@xxxxxxxxxx
http://www.ccxinc.com


|---------+------------------------------------------------------->
|         |           rob@xxxxxxxxx                               |
|         |           Sent by:                                    |
|         |           midrange-l-bounces+mwalter=hanoverwire.com@m|
|         |           idrange.com                                 |
|         |                                                       |
|         |                                                       |
|         |           04/19/2004 02:46 PM                         |
|         |           Please respond to Midrange Systems Technical|
|         |           Discussion                                  |
|         |                                                       |
|---------+------------------------------------------------------->
  
>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  |                                                                             
                 |
  |       To:       midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx                                     
                 |
  |       cc:                                                                   
                 |
  |       Subject:  Capacitors                                                  
                 |
  
>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|




Just found out that we've had several netstations and PC's fry.  IBM and
otherwise.  Turns out this one particular type of capacitor is bad.  It's
gotten to the point, (since a lot of this equipment is off warranty) that
we are soldering on our own replacement capacitors now.  The capacitor is
a blue thing, about the size of some digital camera batteries.  You may
notice some bulging at the top or some warping at the bottom.  The bad
ones seem to have an 'x' on the top.  I believe the Q, K or Y are ok.

Rob Berendt
--
Group Dekko Services, LLC
Dept 01.073
PO Box 2000
Dock 108
6928N 400E
Kendallville, IN 46755
http://www.dekko.com

_______________________________________________
This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list
To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options,
visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l
or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives
at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.