Doepfer

> 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

Pay attention that the right power supply is used (9V AC output). A higher
voltage (e.g. 12V AC or 15V AC) will damage the capacitors as there is an
internal voltage doubler to obtain the required 12V. I don't think that
excessive current load of the modules damaged the capacitors.

Best wishes
Dieter Doepfer