[sdiy] OBXa cards uses either 15uf -or- 22uf caps ?!

Nils Pipenbrinck n.pipenbrinck at hilbert-space.de
Tue Mar 29 01:23:22 CEST 2016


On 03/29/2016 12:41 AM, Gil W. wrote:
> ok this one is strange.
>
> I opened up an OBXa, and I can see that some voice board have all 15uf electrolytic caps, while on others they are all 22uf !


The service manual lists these caps as 15µF.

Probably Oberheims part dealer run out of 15µF caps during production 
and they just upped the value to the more common 22µF to keep going.

It's just the power bypass cap anyway, so the exact value does not make 
much of a difference.

Best,
   Nils




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