Hello
I have been on a bit of a re-capp'ing adventure of late.
I have replaced the capacitors in
Sega Mega Drive model 1 VA6
Sega Mega CD model 1 (x2)
Sega 32X (x2)
Sega Genesis 2 VA2.3
I now have the case of the guilts as I have used cheap capacitors (JackCon etc).
While they work fine (the SMD caps in the Sega/Mega CD model 1's had leaked) I would like to re-visit these and replace with decent capacitors, I am thinking Rubycon or Panasonic. Also thinking of getting from Element14 vs eBay as
1/They SHOULD be genuine and
2/The price difference is about the same
3/No waiting 3-4 weeks for the capacitors.
Now my question extends to which series of capacitor should I use?
For example we have for Panasonic series AM (13cents each) up to GA (82cents each).
I am thinking of getting the middle cost option say AD, FC or M series.
Is this the right train of thought? Anything has got to be better than what I foolishly put in there. I should have known better as I worked as an Electrical Fitter for nigh on 10 years building circuit boards. Not in designing and spec'ing hence the questions.
Thank you Pete
I have been on a bit of a re-capp'ing adventure of late.
I have replaced the capacitors in
Sega Mega Drive model 1 VA6
Sega Mega CD model 1 (x2)
Sega 32X (x2)
Sega Genesis 2 VA2.3
I now have the case of the guilts as I have used cheap capacitors (JackCon etc).
While they work fine (the SMD caps in the Sega/Mega CD model 1's had leaked) I would like to re-visit these and replace with decent capacitors, I am thinking Rubycon or Panasonic. Also thinking of getting from Element14 vs eBay as
1/They SHOULD be genuine and
2/The price difference is about the same
3/No waiting 3-4 weeks for the capacitors.
Now my question extends to which series of capacitor should I use?
For example we have for Panasonic series AM (13cents each) up to GA (82cents each).
I am thinking of getting the middle cost option say AD, FC or M series.
Is this the right train of thought? Anything has got to be better than what I foolishly put in there. I should have known better as I worked as an Electrical Fitter for nigh on 10 years building circuit boards. Not in designing and spec'ing hence the questions.
Thank you Pete
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