[Coco] Caring for a CoCo

[Boisy G. Pitre]

I would think that would be an issue with a lot of CoCos and might explain some of the "strangeness" that CoCo's exhibit as they get older.

What would be the symptoms of this type of degradation james?
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On Nov 18, 2009, at 5:19 PM, jdaggett at gate.net wrote:

> On 18 Nov 2009 at 13:23, Mike Pepe wrote:
> 
>> I would also consider changing out the electrolytic filter caps in the
>> power supply, as they do tend to dry out with age and the increasing
>> amounts of AC ripple riding through the supply can't be good for it.
> 
> The electrolytics would only be a problem if the unit has sat for several years and not been 
> powered up. Yes the electrolytic materail tends to deform with age and no charge on the cap. 
> What happens then is the ESR of the cap goes way up. This reduces its function as a filter 
> against ripple. 
> 
> james
> 
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