Just wanted to post about my recent small victory. My Yamaha RX-V396 receiver died last year so I bought a new one with Dolby Atmos, 7.2 surround, etc…
I kept the old one thinking “some day I’ll try to repair it.” Usually that day never comes but I opened it up last week. I don’t remember a whole lot from my days as an electronic technician 25-30 years ago but I do know a bad capacitor when I see one. For those that don’t, they swell when they start going bad and they can blow their top – literally. You can see that the biggest cap has a slightly rounded top while the others are flat.
It’s a Jamicon 16v 10000ųF. I couldn’t find the exact one so ordered the same specs from ebay and got the receiver fixed up yesterday. The cap’s physical size was a little different so I had to bend the pins to make it fit but I’ve brought it back to life and have great sound at my hobby workbench now. 😀
Just wanted to post about my recent small victory.
My Yamaha RX-V396 receiver died last year so I bought a new one with Dolby Atmos, 7.2 surround, etc…
I kept the old one thinking “some day I’ll try to repair it.” Usually that day never comes but I opened it up last week. I don’t remember a whole lot from my days as an electronic technician 25-30 years ago but I do know a bad capacitor when I see one. For those that don’t, they swell when they start going bad and they can blow their top – literally. You can see that the biggest cap has a slightly rounded top while the others are flat.
It’s a Jamicon 16v 10000ųF. I couldn’t find the exact one so ordered the same specs from ebay and got the receiver fixed up yesterday. The cap’s physical size was a little different so I had to bend the pins to make it fit but I’ve brought it back to life and have great sound at my hobby workbench now. 😀
I was just going to say “hey one of the cap looks bad!”😂
Nice repair