Re: Door Central Locking System

Thanks for the answers. Your pretty cool red..!?

Could someone take a look at this schematic and tell me what size and type of capacitor I should use in this application? The information page indicates to place a capacitor across the blue/green wires but it doesn't show what size or type. Neither does it show whether the capacitor should be polarised. If polarised, which wire (green/blue) would be positive? Anyone's learned knowledge would be greatly appreciated..!?...

Re: Arlec Battery Charger Model ps470 6volt & 12volt DC

Hi Red, good news I solved it today I put in a 250v 0.22UF cap and it fixed the problem. The battery charger works like brand new. Thanks for your suggestion. You were right, bit of a brainiac you are. Thanks, Thanks Thanks. and God Bless. Have included finishing photos for your information....

Re: Arlec Battery Charger Model ps470 6volt & 12volt DC

Hi Red, will these photos be any help?...

Re: Arlec Battery Charger Model ps470 6volt & 12volt DC

Hi Red, I've managed to organize 3 x PDF's showing photos with relevant information. I'll take further photos today showing the wires running into the transformer. I'll make sure the photos are clear and informative. Once again thanks for your learned help. It was a very good Battery Charger and I'd like to get it going again. With your help, I'm sure I'll achieve a good end result....

Re: Arlec Battery Charger Model ps470 6volt & 12volt DC

Thanks for your answer and avid attention to my problem. I worked on it again this morning and unfortunately blew 2 x caps. Quite loud and frightening. Then I realized that I was dealing with the 240volt AC pre-transformer. I thought I was dealing with the 12volt DC side. I have no idea what would be the best-sized cap to go in now. I'll check the model number and take a photo tomorrow and get back to you. Once again thank you for caring.

I need help with an Arlec battery charger. It blew the Main Capacitor and it did such a good job of it that it was difficult to read the specs. What I could make out was the number 0.22uF I think. The cap also was piggybacked in other words there was 2 of them engineered to be 1. and was polarised. The battery charger has 2 x switches. The first has 3 x selections: Off, 6 x Volt, & 12 x Volt. The second switch also has 3 x selections: Minimum, Medium, and Maximum [Engine Start]. Now I replaced the cap with 2 x piggybacked 0.22uF 16v caps with the negative side of the cap joining the positive...

Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

Hi there, my name is Walter and I come from Darwin, Australia, or Down Under. I found Badcaps on a Youtube video. I'm an unqualified electrician having wired boats for a living. This included 240volt and 440Volt AC systems. Also inclusive were 12 and 24volt DC systems. I've dabbled in computers having worked for a computer retail store where I had to build to suit the customer. This was at a time in 1995 when Windows took off. I would choose the motherboard to suit the client, then add on sound cards, vision cards, modems, etc....