Re: Yet another attempt to fix a 2465B
Leon Robinson
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Leon Robinson K5JLR
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From: Stephen Hanselman <kc4sw.io@kc4sw.com> Date: 10/05/2020 11:51 AM (GMT-06:00) To: TekScopes@groups.io Subject: Re: [TekScopes] Yet another attempt to fix a 2465B Chuck, If you have low ESR, high ripple current and high temp, close to or higher capacitance right at or above working voltage (which is what we do) why is physical size important? steve -----Original Message----- From: TekScopes@groups.io <TekScopes@groups.io> On Behalf Of Chuck Harris Sent: Monday, October 5, 2020 6:22 AM To: TekScopes@groups.io Subject: Re: [TekScopes] Yet another attempt to fix a 2465B Grayson, To some people, a capacitor is a capacitor is a capacitor.... Not all electrolytic capacitors work well in switching power supplies. To get the best life out of your power supply capacitors You have to use the best long life (5K hours+), low ESR, low impedance, high ripple current capacitor you can afford. Further it has to be 105C rated or better. I recommend looking for capacitors that are similarly sized to the originals. To get that size, go to higher value and higher voltage in your replacements. Higher voltage capacitors generally have lower ESR and higher ripple current ratings, rated for switching power supply use. The guy that did the recap botched it, you should replace them again, only this time with properly selected capacitors. I replace all of the 180uf40V and 250uf20V caps with a single type, 330uf 50V from United Chemicon. Panasonic also makes a suitable capacitor in that value. Nichicon doesn't (didn't?). These capacitors are the most critical in the scope. I always find one or two of the original caps in these 6 positions that is bad. They handle +/-5V, +/- 15V, and the 5V digital. The 5V digital pair are C1110 and C1111. What I generally find with bad recap jobs is the capacitor's values are slavishly matched, with a capacitor that is about 1/4 the size of the original. Usually something that is a general purpose capacitor, not a switching rated capacitor. -Chuck Harris Grayson Evans wrote: I have had a nice 2465B for about 6 years that I bought at Dayton (hamvention). It worked. About a year ago it quit when I turned it on one morning. It has the same symptoms as Dave's in his EEvlog #1203 on youtube. All the front panel LEDs light up but that's it.
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