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Post #AoqhObRj9Zf67hTEWW by [email protected] |
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My roommate's LED lights went out, and she traced it down to a bad wallwart… |
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Post #AoqhjhnajILFuHlACO by [email protected] |
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And the top looks okay too, except maybe that cap on the left that's clearl… |
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Post #Aoqi6m54yW0lqcwJzU by [email protected] |
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It's hard to see in the photos, but yeah, that cap is definitely bulging. |
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Post #AoqiNUaRGsfYVtZzhg by [email protected] |
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@foone It‘s Pregrant. That is how they multiply |
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Post #AoqiQ0xBu1YrTdQMpE by [email protected] |
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And then I looked at the top of the plastic.HEY LOOK there's a cap. Or... t… |
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Post #AoqiZfVaUSOdrU7HSi by [email protected] |
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SO YEAH it turns out that weird brown cylinder you've been seeing in the pi… |
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Post #AoqidXwUYwWNYQY9ia by [email protected] |
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@foone I recognized it as soon as I saw it in the first picture~ |
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Post #AoqijUuojJR1u5bWq0 by [email protected] |
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@foone wow |
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Post #Aoqior99VCAcIgrfH6 by [email protected] |
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it's also possible this was always like this from the factory. Maybe this c… |
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Post #AoqisnKbd4JRcs6G0G by [email protected] |
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yeah. my knowledge of how caps work is limited (I only took the first semester … |
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Post #AoqivfoY2A1nBHTgO0 by [email protected] |
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so probably this thing was just outputting way less smooth DC than it should. M… |
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Post #Aoqj4lfrcGCTxfki9Y by [email protected] |
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@dragonarchitect @foone I like to use sense-of-smell for boards like this (whe… |
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Post #Aoqj5GCA8jrUcX5vf6 by [email protected] |
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asking my roommate for updates |
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Post #Aoqj8F1EyA35qEPJp2 by [email protected] |
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@HoustonDog @dragonarchitect sadly I'm anosmic, so I can't do the sniff… |
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Post #AoqjHxTP3iH4JuDJIW by [email protected] |
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@foone @HoustonDog Oofh, that probably also means a whole lot of foods taste ex… |
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Post #AoqkS6bY3zZHUTQTVA by [email protected] |
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@foone Bulging cap on the left?Back in the 90s I had an Ethernet card go out on… |
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Post #AoqkS6klViwNx3jprs by [email protected] |
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@bplein sadly, I'm anosmic, so I can't sniff-test these devices. |
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Post #AoqkS7yGyzL7jF48Yq by [email protected] |
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@foone you mean the cap that no longer has any can on it? |
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Post #AoqkS85MYd0k5ENnc0 by [email protected] |
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@piggo it's NUDE! |
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Post #AoqkTwILMjwW5vJkOW by [email protected] |
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@foone You should see if there is any polarity marked on the base there. I'… |
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Post #AoqlA2iprLwyBtml2u by [email protected] |
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@dragonarchitect @HoustonDog yup. |
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Post #AoqlG38DFbHlCKWHFQ by [email protected] |
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@foone that makes sense, it's probably some kind of old paper wax like capa… |
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Post #AoqlIsHq1ly0QrMw2y by [email protected] |
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@loganer it looks like cloth to me, but I'm sure it's just some kind of… |
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Post #AoqlNKO5UWxakAPp6e by [email protected] |
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- struggles not to joke about bulges -@[email protected] |
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Post #AoqlNKVB4AdD69jU9o by [email protected] |
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@julie uwu what's this? |
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Post #Aoqp4OfVkZTeKrnGzo by [email protected] |
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@foone The lines on the top of the bulging capacitor are intended to provide a … |
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Post #Aoqp6lkusq96WCSAKW by [email protected] |
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okay amazingly, she says it never flickered and never actually died: it just go… |
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Post #AoqpEqfwTYqu5qyldI by [email protected] |
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so my guess as to what happened:this cheap cap developed a partially short. It … |
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Post #AoqpjH01AXXUQGsQlc by [email protected] |
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@foone act-of-god your way into a FREE 300 ohm resistor! |
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Post #AoqqSJ6yAA3c0LbPEG by [email protected] |
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I would test the resistance (and capacitance) of this exploded cap but I don… |
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Post #Aoqr3anPNK9zZCEQj2 by [email protected] |
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@parzivalwolfram 300 ohm resistors are cheap anyway if you own wires |
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Post #AoqrogXlp4fF0HNAkS by [email protected] |
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@foone https://x.com/RueNahcMohr/status/1266519992125648896sorry, but... really… |
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Post #Aoqs6T0asuVeEnKkfg by [email protected] |
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@RueNahcMohr I do, but I can't use it right now. I'm mostly bedridden f… |
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Post #Aor4aCaNhvfHRO1Bzs by [email protected] |
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@MedeaVanamonde nope! apparently it ran like this for quite a while |
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Post #Aor5C2RHsgLIyXo3Wq by [email protected] |
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@[email protected] i've worked on several cheap arcade crane machines fro… |
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Post #Aor5C2YjR0IVLdI08G by [email protected] |
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@666666t wow! |
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Post #AorBK741AadjMP9iOu by [email protected] |
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@yujiri I think that's resin/glue to keep the thin wires of the transformer… |
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Post #AorQHltMPjWOQjVpNA by [email protected] |
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@foone @loganer I expect that it's a paper medium soaked in electrolyte. Us… |
