[sdiy] Chineseum Capacitors

[Kenny Balys]

No idea but its a running joke in the British vintage computer
scene. "oh no, popcorn smell!"

With the Acorn Model-B computer, its the non-electrolytic capacitors
in the power supply that blow.

Here is a super relaxing video detailing a repair:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKwH4rgIoGs



On 21.10.20 18:36 , drheqx wrote:
> Lol. I wonder why? Did they use butter as the electrolyte?
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> On Tue, Oct 20, 2020, 5:25 PM Kenny Balys <kenny at beatkamp.com
> <mailto:kenny at beatkamp.com>> wrote:
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>     Old British capacitors smell like popcorn (as I found out bringing up
>     a long forgotten Acorn computer)
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>     hmmmmm whats that delicious sme..... oh no! switch it off!!!
>