[sdiy] Korg Delta problem

[Pete Hartman]

I literally had spew from an SMD electro corrode and damage the PCB on a
Roland XP-50.

I had another synth where I couldn't get it to do anything until I replaced
some mylar caps in the psu section.

So yeah, caps go bad.

Acknowledging that is NOT the same thing as "MUST RECAP EVERYTHING" shotgun
"troublshooting".

Pete


On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 5:45 PM, <sleepy_dog at gmx.de> wrote:

> Gordonjcp wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 10:01:45PM +0200, Jean Bender wrote:
>>
>>> thanks !
>>> you mean the caps from the power supply ? How could the power supply
>>> only disturb or make no functionnal only half part from the synth ?
>>>
>> You'll never find "bad caps" in a synth.  They're pretty much a myth.
>>
>> How so? Is it a myth that electrolytic caps will chemically degrade?
> I have been told by more than one EE not to bother using electrolytics
> that have been laying around for 5 years, not just for things requiring low
> ESR, not for anything.
>
> I don't have any numbers. But even in some simple old synth PSU with a
> pair of fat caps and linear regulation, it would be bad if those caps got a
> huge ESR and reduced capacitance, no? Now I can imagine that this is
> considered in the circiut designs, but only so much?
>
>
>
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