Hello, everyone and thanks for reading!
Here's the story: thanks to badcaps.net, I've successfully recapped one of my two AL1916w's!
Specifically, I recapped the power board, the DAC-19m005.
The other power board was still dead after recapping and replacing the MOSFET's, so I opted to just buy another board from ebay.
Now, I knew whatever I got from ebay would more-than-likely need to be recapped so I was not surprised to see only two of the original capXons replaced. BTW, they were replaced with "Hy" series caps. Anyone heard of them? About the nicest thing I can say for this refurb is that two of the 220uF 25v were replaced with 50v - so at least it's a higher rating.
What DID surprise me was that this person replaced fuse F200 with a 0 ohm resistor! Immediately my thought is, "Oh no! This is a fire hazard! I need to give him negative feedback right away so he doesn't do this shit again to someone less suspecting!"
Then I'm thinking, "Jeez, it probably tells you right on the board not to do that!" In fact, it says: Caution: AGAINST RISK OF FIRE, REPLACE ONLY WITH SAME TYPE AND RATING OF FUSE. (F103). So it rather seems that this fire warning only applies to F103?
Here's my question, oh wise people of Badcaps.net forums: How bad of a repair practice is this? Is this little fuse there to protect against fire or to protect the rest of the equipment? Is it worth giving this eBay seller (also the refurbisher) negative feedback?
P.S. I'm lucky enough to have extras of F200 on hand (4 amp fast blow from littelfuse) so it really is only a minor inconvenience for me; I'll be replacing the jumper with a fuse before I give it power and I knew I'd be recapping it anyway. I'm more worried about this person's other eBay customers.
Here's the story: thanks to badcaps.net, I've successfully recapped one of my two AL1916w's!

The other power board was still dead after recapping and replacing the MOSFET's, so I opted to just buy another board from ebay.
Now, I knew whatever I got from ebay would more-than-likely need to be recapped so I was not surprised to see only two of the original capXons replaced. BTW, they were replaced with "Hy" series caps. Anyone heard of them? About the nicest thing I can say for this refurb is that two of the 220uF 25v were replaced with 50v - so at least it's a higher rating.
What DID surprise me was that this person replaced fuse F200 with a 0 ohm resistor! Immediately my thought is, "Oh no! This is a fire hazard! I need to give him negative feedback right away so he doesn't do this shit again to someone less suspecting!"
Then I'm thinking, "Jeez, it probably tells you right on the board not to do that!" In fact, it says: Caution: AGAINST RISK OF FIRE, REPLACE ONLY WITH SAME TYPE AND RATING OF FUSE. (F103). So it rather seems that this fire warning only applies to F103?
Here's my question, oh wise people of Badcaps.net forums: How bad of a repair practice is this? Is this little fuse there to protect against fire or to protect the rest of the equipment? Is it worth giving this eBay seller (also the refurbisher) negative feedback?
P.S. I'm lucky enough to have extras of F200 on hand (4 amp fast blow from littelfuse) so it really is only a minor inconvenience for me; I'll be replacing the jumper with a fuse before I give it power and I knew I'd be recapping it anyway. I'm more worried about this person's other eBay customers.
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