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<font face="Arial">While I agree that unnecessary work should be
avoided, in the case of P5s (and P10s, and ARPs and Oberheims from
the eighties) the tantalum bypass caps are the most common failure
points.<br>
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I've got over 500 P5s in my repair database, and a good half of
them came in with one or more tantalums shorted out. Replacing
them with high-temp modern electrolytics is part of my routine
service.<br>
The P5 (whatever rev) has tantalum power bypass caps on the power
supply, front panel, CPU and voice boards, all of which should be
replaced to ensure longer life of the instrument.<br>
~GMM<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/25/2018 3:50 PM,
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">As someone who would consider purchasing a P5 r3.3, I say No.
There’s no need to replace capacitors that have not failed. The copper traces on these PCBs can be fragile, and any desoldering heat could cause damage. It’s best to avoid unnecessary surgery.
If you restrict yourself to the power supply PCB only, then perhaps, but I still don’t see it as an advantage. The more work that is done on these ancient beasts, the more fragile they become.
Brian Willoughby
On Nov 25, 2018, at 2:39 PM, Adam Inglis <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:21pointy@tpg.com.au"><21pointy@tpg.com.au></a> wrote:
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">I’m getting a Prophet 5 rev 3.3. (no midi) ready for sale. I’m wondering if I should be replacing the tantalums in it. They seem to be considered a ticking time bomb. One site I came across suggested replacing the decoupling tants with low ESR electrolytics, I assume you just use identical farad values:
Anyone experienced with these machines care to comment?
Adam
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