Well I've gotten pretty good at soldering and de-soldering, capacitors specifically.
pic of my tech table / work area
http://www.eiiiforum.com/picsfromusers/eiiipsu/IMG_0962.JPGI also got an old school de-soldering station, and have tested it out and used it.
pic of my old school de-soldering pump
http://www.eiiiforum.com/picsfromusers/eiiipsu/IMG_0963.JPGI have two EIII racks which aren't fully functional
pics broken EIII racks sitting in closet
http://www.eiiiforum.com/picsfromusers/eiiipsu/IMG_0931.JPGI'm looking to replace the capacitors in my first EIII rack (the one on the bottom) that had the problem with the chip popping out of their sockets. When I had this unit on I would hear these popping sounds, and I've deduced that it is from the caps on the PSU. I had opened up the EIII and I put my ear around listening for the noise and it was coming from the PSU area.
Now I don't know a ton about electronics even though I'm learning. I can barely read the simplest schematics.
1. When I desolder the capacitors I know that I must replace them with caps of equal farads, but can I / should I replace them with caps of slightly higher voltages?
For instance when I was doing recapping work, I would for example take out a cap with say 10 uF 25 V and replace it with a cap of 10 uF 50 V.
2. Any other warnings or suggestions? Has anyone else recapped their EIII PSU?
From looking at the PSU I only see 13 caps. I plan on disconnecting all the molex connectors to the PSU , then unscrewing PCB board from the casing and removing it from the EIII rack casing. Once I have it removed I will replace the caps (any capacitor brand recommendations?) put it back in and then re-calibrate the PSU from the tutorial dvdborn posted
http://eiiiforum.com/index.php?topic=8.0Once I've removed the PSU I could scan the front and the back of the PSU if someone wants me too. I figure this might be a good idea considering the lack of info the PSU but i dunno if it's necessary.
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