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Re: [vintagesynthrepair] Discharging capacitors in your synths

2014-04-08 by Kurt Bujack

The electronics in older synths usually require quite a bit of current. I wait a few hours after the last power-up, and measure the main power supply caps for residual voltage. If there is still anything above 0.6 V, I wait some more. Perhaps not practical in an emergency situation, but in the shop this works for me.

Cheers,

Kurt


On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 6:23 AM, <f115@...> wrote:

Hey everyone!

I'm just wondering what methods you use to properly dicharge the capacitance in a synth before you work on it. Thanks!


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