Re: Apple III power supply capacitor replacement

[David Wilson <mcs6502@gmail.com>]

On Jul 30, 9:25 pm, schmidtd <schmi...@my-deja.com> wrote:
> I know that this was asked and answered recently, but I can't seem to
> get Google to give me deep results from this newsgroup... I get one
> page for anything I try.  So I'm sorry for the duplication...
>
> Given the exploding capacitor problem in a /// power supply:http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp293/groinkhi/IMG_0191.jpg
> there were some recommendations on the size/capacity/rating/type that
> would be appropriate here.  What were they, again?

It is a mains filter capacitor. I have had the same parts fail in my
IIe and IIgs power supplies.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filter_capacitor#Mains_filtering

I replaced mine with a 250V AC Mains - Metallised Polypropylene
Capacitors - X2. eg: http://www.jaycar.com.au/productView.asp?ID=RG5238&keywords=mains+capacitor&form=KEYWORD