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  • redrooster
    Senior Member
    • May 2011
    • 114
    • Australia

    #1

    Technics ST-S4 Capacitors

    This Technics tuner has 3 bad caps together in a row they are bulging and leaking. I have never heard of these before? Gold Cap? 1.8volt,3.3f (I presume it means 3.3mf?) The service manual says they are double layer liquid electrolyte. Does anyone know anything about these caps,can I replace them with tantulum caps for instance? The service manual is next to useless I can hardly read it.Any help will be greatly appreciated.
    HP P6-2203a desktop,AMD CPU A8-5500 with Radeon HD7560D,3.20Ghz. Radeon HD 6670.8Gb Ram.2TB HDD. WIN 10 64 bit O/S.
  • japlytic
    Badcaps Legend
    • Oct 2005
    • 2086
    • Australia

    #2
    Re: Technics ST-S4 Capacitors

    "3.3f" is 3.3 Farads, of which is regarded as a supercapacitor.
    Supercapacitors (Panasonic calls them Gold Caps) are often used for memory backup during a power failure.
    My first choice in quality Japanese electrolytics is Nippon Chemi-Con, which has been in business since 1931... the quality of electronics is dependent on the quality of the electrolytics.

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    • Scenic
      o.O
      • Sep 2007
      • 2642
      • Germany

      #3
      Re: Technics ST-S4 Capacitors

      those are most likely the backup power to keep the stations when it's unplugged (or turned off, if it has a hardware power switch)

      not sure if this link will work, but this would be the cateory on digikey. 1.8V isn't available, but if you select 3.3f and tick "in stock", it'll show 4 results.

      http://search.digikey.com/us/en/cat/...e-layer/131084

      Probably wouldn't hurt if it was 2.7f or 3f either (apart from a somewhat lower amount of time it keeps the stations)
      mind the dimensions though
      Last edited by Scenic; 12-03-2011, 06:14 AM.

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      • redrooster
        Senior Member
        • May 2011
        • 114
        • Australia

        #4
        Re: Technics ST-S4 Capacitors

        Originally posted by japlytic
        "3.3f" is 3.3 Farads, of which is regarded as a supercapacitor.
        Supercapacitors (Panasonic calls them Gold Caps) are often used for memory backup during a power failure.
        Thats a surprise,I was sure they were ordinary caps LOL. I live in the sticks and the local shop has only (Hy Cap 2.7volt 5farad)$3.50 each,would they work for me or do you think I should get the exact replacements?
        HP P6-2203a desktop,AMD CPU A8-5500 with Radeon HD7560D,3.20Ghz. Radeon HD 6670.8Gb Ram.2TB HDD. WIN 10 64 bit O/S.

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        • lti
          Badcaps Legend
          • May 2011
          • 2547
          • United States

          #5
          Re: Technics ST-S4 Capacitors

          If all three caps are connected in parallel, you could replace them with two of those caps.

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          • redrooster
            Senior Member
            • May 2011
            • 114
            • Australia

            #6
            Re: Technics ST-S4 Capacitors

            Originally posted by lti
            If all three caps are connected in parallel, you could replace them with two of those caps.
            Thats good I was hoping I could do something like that. Thankyou very much.
            HP P6-2203a desktop,AMD CPU A8-5500 with Radeon HD7560D,3.20Ghz. Radeon HD 6670.8Gb Ram.2TB HDD. WIN 10 64 bit O/S.

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