[Orion] cap replacement

Barry N1EU n1eu.barry at gmail.com
Thu Mar 26 07:35:39 EDT 2015


On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 8:20 PM, jack <jfriend31 at comcast.net> wrote:

> Dick, if you have had the Orion for a long time and have not changed the
> memory battery, it is recommended you also change out the caps in the power
> distro board. BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL doing this as the caps are very small in
> a couple instances. maybe only the big caps should be replaced.


If you are replacing A9 caps, I suggest replacing them all. I don't suggest
you do this unless you have some experience, especially with multi-layer
heat-sinking PCBs.  Cap part numbers are given at
http://www.tentecwiki.org/doku.php?id=565pwrdistfail

Barry N1EU


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