Caps about 2 BURST

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thedeal7235
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Caps about 2 BURST

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so, i got the rev.2 kits for my zx350/450- long story short, i noticed the cap.bank on the zx350 were about 2 bursts, so i desoldered them out, new ones in 2morrow-ive heard of it, but never actually seen it for myself( aside from power caps leaking onto the boards-
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Wow the rail caps usually last much longer! It is very rare to see them fail.
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hey, did u change everything up? yeah i would agree, but my boards(zx350/450) have the printed dates of 1995, no V.2; i have looked , looked, looked, @ the zx450, and they look as new as day one-( btw, thanx for cleaning up the accidential ac 6xs pics here-
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Holy crap those are swelled up! I can;t believe that they didn't leak onto the board.. Lucky! :shock:
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VERY!!!!! i just finished soldering the new ones in; found a company out of South Carolina(newark-i think they are everywhere?!) they shipped 8 new ones(50v @ 2200Uf, and 8 new 16v 4700Uf caps to me for all of 19 bux! :wink: And, they messed my order up, so ill be getting the new power caps on monday for free-pretty Saweeeeeet
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new caps in, couldve been a few mm shorter , but they just made it in-
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