[sdiy] OB8 power transformer

[Gordonjcp]

On Mon, May 20, 2024 at 05:38:27PM -0400, Peter Pearson via Synth-diy wrote:
> Usually the bridge rectifiers go bad on those.  Though if it is the
> transformer you can probably find something that fits physically and
> matches the output requirements with a little digging.  If it's the bridge
> rectifier, you want to replace it with a slightly higher amperage rated one.

FWIW that's about the only time I *would* just shotgun the power supply capacitors.

I've found maybe about a dozen "bad caps" in various bits of electronic equipment over the years, but half of them had been murdered by shorted bridge rects in linear power supplies.

Most of the rest were in the same EDP Wasp.

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Gordonjcp