Re: Westinghouse Stove
Yeah, the noise came back in a weird but utterly consistent cycle with the new caps (building to a crescendo then quieting and repeating the cycle - clock would flicker too [the 7 bars would all light]). I don't cook much so I left it unplugged for a day.
WHen I replugged it in, all was good and the noise is gone. Been that way for 36 hours now.
I'm happy as-is but if it comes back I will investigate the thread you posted. Thanks for that....
relkin67
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Westinghouse Stove
This has got to be the oddest case of bad caps. When I got home last night, my stove was half-heartedly bleeting out the alarm that normally goes off after the rudimentary countdown timer goes off. This despite the switch being set to time not alarm.
Thinking that it might be a bad timing cap, I took apart the control board and replaced the two electrolytic caps (470/16 & 1/50) with spares I had lying around. When I put the board back in, the alarm continued for a few seconds and then tapered off. OEM caps were "Marcon" brand dated 1993.
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Re: highest p3 clock speed?
P3s are roughly 30% more efficient per clock cycle. Thus a 1GHz P3 is roughly equivalent to a 1.3GHz P4. Late model P3s (particularly the PIII-S) were better than the Willamettes but Northwoods eclipsed them....Leave a comment:
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Re: AOpen burning coil (secondary)
Gotta pull the board out of the case and see what replacement PWs are gonna run from Digi-Key....Leave a comment:
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Re: A-POWER burning coil (secondary)
Thanks everyone for their input. And sorry about the AOpen confusion - I had another machine with an AOpen board on the workbench and confused the names.Leave a comment:
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Re: AOpen burning coil (secondary)
My bias I admit.
Looking at the board:
LP-8860 REV:0402
LP/ATX8860/0402
2004-11-10...Leave a comment:
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Re: AOpen burning coil (secondary)
No model number (consider the brand...) All it states is APower Ultra Edition 550W 12V ATX Intel P4 P/S. I think it was sourced form geeks.com....Leave a comment:
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AOpen burning coil (secondary)
I have an AOpen 550W (labeled as such) running a XBMC box (Palomino 1.66, HD2400 AGP, 2 old drives, CD). Two days ago I started smelling what seemed like burning plastic - not overwhelming (less than when I've touched wire insulation with my soldering iron).
OPened it up and the big secondary coil is absolutely black. When powered on there is a LOT of heat emanating from that location.
Background: This PSU was in service for ~3 years in a P3 before I removed the machine from service. Before reusing it, I completely recapped it with Samxon (from Topcat)/Panasonic FM/Nichicon...Last edited by relkin67; 08-29-2010, 08:09 AM. -
Re: Motor Capacitors: Contractor Detective Work Leads to Reduced Callbacks
Thanks - appreciate it....Leave a comment:
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Re: Motor Capacitors: Contractor Detective Work Leads to Reduced Callbacks
Does anyone know where to purchase genteq capacitors in single unit quantities? I need to replace the start motor capacitor in my garage door opener (220V, 53-64 mF). Would like to use a quality brand.
I googled for some time but couldn't find any vendors. If not , I'll have to buy a Chinese-made Dayton brand from Grainger.Leave a comment:
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Re: The Indestructible iMac G5 - Full Poly Mod
Very nice. I'm sorry now I recapped mine 4 months ago with Rubys (replacing same for same) - would have liked to have done this instead.Leave a comment:
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Re: New, badly faked Rubycon...
Those are Elna style vents. (Sorry I'm an idiot because I now see that you mentioned this & I can't figure out how to delete my post.)Last edited by relkin67; 02-10-2010, 05:10 PM.Leave a comment:
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Re: Featured Complaint - Samsung TV
Having read the postings, I would categorize the consumers as semi-literate....Leave a comment:
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Re: iMac G5 17' ALS Aus psu
I have a 4700uF/10V Ruby PX in the PS of my repaired iMac G5 17" rev A. Been there for months with no problem....Leave a comment:
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Re: Findings in router & DSL modem...
I have a Speedstream (actually 2 - got another from a friend that switched to cable from DSL). Opened it up and it was full of G-Luxon though none appeared bad. On a lark I replaced everything with Nichicon PWs and added a heat sink to the main chip.
Because of some other problems, I had the opportunity to have each connected in turn while AT&T techs were diagnosing the signal. They told me they could tell the difference between the 2 and that the recapped one was better.
I have the recapped...Leave a comment:
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Re: Linear Transformer Rated Current
By 'the circuit' I meant to say, "the circuit in your radio".
A true charging circuit will either step down current with voltage rise or have an IC that periodically does little capacitance checks to see if the batteries are still accepting charge.Leave a comment:
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Re: Linear Transformer Rated Current
NiMH batteries should only be given a low amp trickle charge once 80% capacity is reached. The cells become resistive at that point and additional current is sloughed off as heat - eventually overheating and destroying the cells.
The circuit must not have a feedback circuit to taper off the amps when the voltage of the cells signifies that they are approaching full charge.
The manf. recommends a low amp charger because it essentially trickle charges the entire capacity - slow but safe. I would not leave on a 1A...Leave a comment:
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Re: lines on Dell E173FPb
Thanks for the reply. I've swapped cables, video cards and computers and it's definitely a problem with the monitor. I certainly can live with it as-is but I'm concerned that it's a symptom of a failing IC or transistor that soon will completely fail. I'd rather fix it when I have scheduled downtime than have it break in the middle of something....Leave a comment:
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lines on Dell E173FPb
I have lines on my Dell E173FPb (see picture). Not a deal breaker but annoying. Anyone have an idea what may be causing this? I haven't opened the case yet because that's a complete pain - hoping someone might have some pointers before I resort to a teardown.... -
Re: Calling all Mac guys. G3 restore?
My mistake then for not reading thoroughly. I apologize....Leave a comment:
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