restoring the caps...

[Charles W. Morehouse]

Avery,
Please save yourself time, money, and grief.
BUY NEW!
Wayne;
W4GBW

Avery Comarow wrote:

> Hey, Jim--
>
> How come PC power supplies have HV caps? I thought everything coming out
> was 12 or 5 volts. Not that I've torn one apart--but I sure will start
> doing that if they're good sources of HV electrolytics!
>
> 73, Avery W3AVE in Potomac, Md.
>
> At 10:54 PM 8/7/01 -0600, you wrote:
>
> >PC power supplies are an _excellent_ source for cheap high-voltage and
> >high-capacitance electrolytics.  You should disassemble at least one of
> >these every day.  And the more you remove and disassemble from PCs that are
> >in service -- the better off the world will be.
> >
> >Jim N6OTQ
>
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