Re: Apple ///: burned Power Supply

["N.N. Thayer" <nnthayer@hotmail.com>]

On Jan 24, 1:00 pm, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
> Jerome Vernet wrote:
> > James Littlejohn a écrit :
>
> >> Simply replace the capacitor.  The same thing happened to my Apple
> >> III.
> >>http://8bitsystem.com/Apple%20III/
>
> > Looks like the same thing ! Can you give me any reference of the
> > replacement capacitor you used ?
>
> I'd recommend at least a 400v capacitor--and if you can get one
> rated for AC, all the better.
>
> I can't find an Apple /// power supply schematic, but it looks
> like this capacitor is across the AC line to suppress transients.
>
> If it's hard to find, a 0.1uF capacitor would work well enough.
>
> -michael
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Apple /// power supply schematic is here:

http://www.1000bit.net/SUPPORT/SCHEMA/a3/050-0057-a.jpg

(They have what looks like the complete set.)