Hi Sean, You are right, drawing more current will more likely affect series devices like diodes and regulators. In the case of the reservoir caps maybe the voltage rating is inadequate - what voltage are the capacitors? Maybe replace with the next higher voltage! Cheers Tony --- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com, "sean_process" <sean@...> wrote: > > Anybody else had a 2000µF capacitor in a beauty case explode? > > I replaced one for a friend a couple of years ago and last night one went pop in my own beauty case - lots of smoke. Another is bulging a bit at the top. > > I'm using homemade modules - nothing too fancy, just a passive ring mod with a tl072 buffer, and a 90˚ phase shifter with 3 x tl074 and a tl072, both of which which I have been using for ages. > > I would have thought one of the regulators or diodes would have popped first if there was a problem with the current. > > Anybody else had a similar experience? > > Sean >
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Re: Beauty case - exploding capacitor
2011-07-23 by synovatron
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