Which capacitors in ADB Keyboard ?

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Title: Which capacitors in ADB Keyboard ?
Post by: marmacc on April 25, 2014, 03:48:40 AM
hi,

i have a big project here. Replacing all capacitors of my Turbo Color Slab and its peripherals (Soundbox, Keyboard) before the hardware is dying.

My question is now, which capacitors are in the ADB Keyboard ? There are 3 (C1,C3,C7) of them. The only specs i can read is that they have 50V. But which capacity ?

Thanks and best regards
Marc
Title: Which capacitors in ADB Keyboard ?
Post by: t-rexky on April 25, 2014, 04:39:39 AM
This is the only area that I have not touched yet on my machines mainly because capacitor failures would be benign in nature.  They are too small to leak & damage the board and if they dry out, the keyboard / mouse would start behaving erratically.  It is however on my list of things to do.  If I am also not able to identify the capacitors by their markings I will measure their capacitance.

I will post my findings.
Title: Which capacitors in ADB Keyboard ?
Post by: marmacc on April 25, 2014, 12:44:52 PM
Okay thanks. Sounds fine. iam looking forward for your results concerning the capacity of the capacitors. My tip is 1uf but if think one of them is different...
Title: Which capacitors in ADB Keyboard ?
Post by: t-rexky on April 26, 2014, 10:16:02 AM
I just checked one of my ADB keyboards and an ADB mouse.

All of the ADB keyboard electrolytic capacitors (C1, C3 and C7) are 85C, 1uF 50V made by Rubycon, 4mm diameter, 6mm height and ~2mm lead spacing.

The ADB mouse electrolytic capacitor (C3) is 85C, 10uF 16V made by Nichicon, 4mm diameter, 7mm height and ~2mm lead spacing.
Title: Which capacitors in ADB Keyboard ?
Post by: marmacc on April 27, 2014, 02:14:14 PM
Hey thanks very much. Thats good Info for me and hopefully for many members too.
Title: Which capacitors in ADB Keyboard ?
Post by: marmacc on August 05, 2014, 09:38:34 AM
I replaced the capacitors now and everything works fine (for the next 20 years) hopefully
Title: Which capacitors in ADB Keyboard ?
Post by: ominimicu on December 16, 2014, 09:23:03 PM
Quote from: marmaccHey thanks very much. Thats good Info for me and hopefully for many members too.
Yes, also a really good info for me.

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