Dwight. That smells like one of the Rifa caps. Thick brown smoke.
Or was it one of the big electros? On Wed, 12 May 2021, 12:59 am dwight via cctalk, <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > The rivets are likely more of a safety thing than an issue warrantee > repair thing. The inside of a Apple II is intended to have user access. The > switching supply has 300 to 400V DC inside. Definitely a potential lethal > hazard. > I hate those filter caps. I had one go at the last Maker Faire ( no more > 🙁 ). I was trying out the Oregon trail when the nasty smoke started > pouring out. Luckily we had a drill handy to remove the rivets. > Dwight > > > ________________________________ > From: cctalk <cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org> on behalf of David Williams > via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Sent: Monday, May 10, 2021 5:34 PM > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Subject: Re: Apple II PSU > > On 2021-05-10 18:18, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > > This area is so backward, that metric drill bits are considered > > esoteric! > > > > 1/8" works OK, and will chuck in a Dremel. > > > > If it were a damaged screw, rather than a rivet, I would use a > > left-handed drill bit. > > Which is pretty much what I ended up with. Surprised that this unit > looks in such good shape inside, I expected to see it already exploded. > > Well time to get to work on it now and see if I can't get a working unit > out of it. > > David Williams > www.trailingedge.com<http://www.trailingedge.com> >
