| quote | Originally posted by DRA:
appreciate the link! I know nothing about what I'm looking at so I didn't know where to start, capacitors, resistors, diodes, etc all foriegn language to me. LOL
Tried to get a better pic but it didn't come out any better, old HP digital camera.
The four silver things look like they are wrapped in plastic and have numbers on them, the smaller two have 5410 w 01+10% printed on them, and one of the larger two have 20-8466-1 and can't make out anything else except 22 +10%. The second larger one doesn't have anything at all on it but appears to be the same as the other.
The two little black things have 5117 printed on them.
The little orange thing has 3.9-15 +K 2
The little brown box on the board has TDK embossed on it and the numbers 5103 in ink.
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The "01" is probably a .01 microfarad capacitor. Microfarads are written as "
uf"
The "22" is probably a 22 microfarad capacitor.
(Look very carefully for decimal points. Could be 2.2 or .22. Hard to say.)
The "+10%" is a tolerance. In other words, if it's supposed to be 22 uf, it can be as much as 22 + 2.2 (or 24.2) microfarads.
As long as it's close, it's cool. These aren't that critical.
What *is* critical is the working voltage. It'll usually be stamped on the thing, someplace.
Just replace it with the same value.
The little orange thing is probably a 3.9 microfarad tantalum capacitor.
Be very careful when you replace these things. Many times they are polarity sensitive. They usually have a dot or a black stripe to indicate the positive (+) end. Sometimes they'll have an arrow or a "+" sign, or a combination.
You also may find that the new replacements are physically smaller in size than the parts they are replacing.
Technology has made some improvements in packaging.
The little brown box? I don't have a clue.
Does the thing plug in to the wall? Or does it run on batteries?
If it plugs in to the wall, the box is probably a bridge rectifer. Converts AC to DC.
(I've seen a Cry Baby in a previous life. Can't imagine that it would plug in.)
Radio Shack may be a crap shoot.
They
used to have all that stuff. I'm not so sure, any more.
You might have to go to an electronics "parts house".
They'll have better prices than Radio Shack, anyway.
[This message has been edited by Raydar (edited 01-26-2008).]