If you’ve ever worked on old gear, you probably know that electrolytic capacitors are prone to failure. [Dexter] undertook a repair of some four-decade-old capacitors in a power supply. He didn’t ...

In the past five to ten years, there has been a big shakeout in the capacitor industry with at least 15 major manufacturers ceasing production for various reasons. Product lines have also been ...

Workbench contributor and engineer Duke Evans writes that he has repaired many a circuit board trace with bare wire. In his years of circuit board repairs, Duke has also noted that some older ...

Awhile ago, my subwoofer just stopped working (actually, if you turn it on, it just makes a loud buzzing noise). I tried getting it open but all the screws are messed up and i've since left it ...

The Turbo200 Truck Pack contains six Universal Service Replacement capacitors - two Turbo200 capacitors, offering up to 200 different single and dual values for motor- run application; 1 Turbo200X, ...

Fig. 1: Spurious emissions seen on the exciter RF output. One of the biggest hassles in maintaining older equipment is getting it repaired when it fails. A lot of companies don’t even want to deal ...

In performing service and troubleshooting on heat pump systems, there are various electrical components to be checked. The following provides information to aid in inspecting and servicing these ...