On 12/06/2016 19:49, "tony duell" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> Explode? Those are ceramics caps, right? Are these the line inlet > > The ones I have seen are metalised paper and do have a deserved > reputation for being antisocial. They split open and emit clouds of > evil-smelling magic smoke. Yep. Famous here in the UK for being used in every single Acorn BBC Micro PSU (also ASTEC) plus a lot of monitors and TVs of that era. Classrooms all over the land with that oh-so-familiar smell. Also my kitchen on Monday night. >> filter caps, or later on? For line inlet, you need line rated caps, which >> have quite high voltage ratings for good margin. Apart from that, I > > IIRC, the 'X2' marking means they are designed to be connected across the > mains (from live to neutral). A 'Y' or 'Y2' (which is designed so it cannot > fail short-circuit) is used between one side of the mains and safety earth > (ground). According to my reading whilst not cleaning filthy Apple ][s that's correct. > I suspect any known brand would be OK. I must admit I never buy components > on E-bay, I go to somewhere like RS components or Farnell. They may be more > expensive, but it is less of a gamble. Exact modern replacements are roughly ukp2 each from Farnell which is half the price of some ebay chancers, some other reading I was doing suggested EVOX/KEMET or WIMA so that'll do me. Cheers! -- Adrian/Witchy Binary Dinosaurs creator/curator Www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UK's biggest private home computer collection?
