I don't know, but thanks for pointing out that it might not be a capacitor. I have two more VLCs so I will open them up and see what the markings are, the markings on this one are almost illegible.
Thanks Rob > -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Peter Coghlan via > cctalk > Sent: 30 March 2020 00:56 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Split Ceramic Disk Capacitor > > > > > Since I am forced to stay at home more than I would like I though I > > would check some more PSUs. One I wanted to check was the H7109-C from > > one of my VAXstation 4000 VLC machines. I found a leaked capacitor and > > some other high ESR ones, so I will replace those. However, I also > > noticed a ceramic disk capacitor that appears to be split all around > > the edge. Is that a known failure mode? > > > > Is it definately a capacitor? > > I've had some damaged surge arrestors / MOVs / VDRs that look very similar to > ceramic disc capacitors. > > Regards, > Peter Coghlan.
