386SX wrote:So about recapping, which brand to choose for the caps? And what about the values of the capacitors about voltage and u? Higher always better?
General guidelines for starters. Replace with caps of:
- Same diameter (sometimes a slightly wider cap will fit in if there's enough room, like a 12.5mm replacing a 10mm).
- Same or moderately higher voltage rating V (NEVER of lower voltage).
- Same or moderately higher capacitance uF.
- Same or moderately lower ESR (Equivalent Series Resistance).
- Same or higher max ripple (the higher the better).
- Same or higher endurance (the higher the better).
For PSUs use 105ºC quality jap caps from these brands and series:
· Primary bulk caps (the big ones):
Chemicon KMM, KMQ, KMR, KMW, SMQ
Panasonic EE-TS, TS-HA, TS-HC
Rubycon MXG, SXW
· Secondary output filtering caps:
Chemicon LXY, LXZ, LXV, KY, KYA, KYB, KZE, KZH, KZM, KZN, TMZ
Nichicon HE, HD, PJ, PL, PM, PS, PW, HV
Panasonic FC, FK, FR, FM
Rubycon YXG, YXF, YXJ, ZL, ZLH, ZLG, ZLJ
Sanyo WX
Example of cap series datasheet .pdf: Chemicon KY