I think it's a 50 uf 15 VDC electrolytic, and the idea is to replace it with at least a 25WVDC one, or better yet, a 50WVDC.
The original caps failed because they got popped from voltage spikes in the electrical system and their working voltage rating was too low... Dan --- On Sun, 1/9/11, Max Dillon <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Max Dillon <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: Omega service across the universe > To: "'Mercedes Discussion List'" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, January 9, 2011, 6:06 PM > Is the size of the capacitor clearly > marked, or is some work required to > determine the correct size? > > Yesterday we used my wagon which had been sitting for > several weeks with the > battery disconnected. I reconnected the negative > cable, and she fired right > up despite the cold weather we're having, but we were in a > hurry and I > totally forgot to reset the clock. It was almost > exactly an hour fast. > SWMBO wasn't wearing her watch, and I didn't look at mine > (nor did either of > us look at our cell phones). We went all day using > the car's time, got home > thinking it was very late, and we were pleasantly surprised > to find we had > an extra hour. I guess we've celebrated DST twice > this fall/winter, > hopefully that won't mean we do it twice this spring. > > -Max > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Jim Cathey > Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 11:31 AM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: Omega service across the > universe > > > What is the cap repair? I know I have seen and > heard about it but > > have since forgotten. > > Open clock up and replace crappy Frako capacitors with > decent ones. > > The non-Frako capacitors in my mid-70's 114 clocks are > still good. > I didn't replace them. Pretty much every Frako > electrolytic > in the later-model clocks has gone bad. > > -- Jim > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
