Re: WG6100 upgrade

Tantalum caps are technically of the electrolytic family, but they are in
general a lot better due to lower ESR, and reliability and stability are
superior.

My 2 cents!
James

----- Original Message -----
From: Timothy Sczerby <Lair-Ace@webtv.net>
To: <vectorlist@lists.cc.utexas.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 1999 9:50 PM
Subject: WG6100 upgrade

> I'm currently upgrading a WG6100 in my major havoc (tempest conversion)
> and I have a few questions:
>
> When doing the upgrade as described in the online manual,is it best to
> start with an unmodified chassis,or should I also do the upgrades as
> described by Brady distributing and startech journal dated around
> 1984? I'm currently starting with an "unmodified chassis"
>
> When upgrading the capacitors at locations C800, C801,C802, and C803 on
> the deflection board from .47uf/35v to 1uf/50v, Should I use
> electrolytic or Tantalium type capacitors?
>
> Are cement and metaloxide resistors suitable replacements for resistors
> at R-106,R-701,R901,R-907 and R926 ?
>
> Please help me out. This monitor chassis was working when I started,and
> I don't want to screw it up,just make it more dependable.I believe in
> preventive maintaince.
> Thanks
>
>
Received on Wed Nov 24 21:29:35 1999