It's a Dve-1454 rated at 200w and uses rubicon caps. It's looks allright to me but thought I'd get a second opinion.
Now should I recap it? I have no clue how old it is, and it has all rubicon caps. I'd say just do it, but I'll need to by new soldering tools
No one?
wrote:It's a Dve-1454 rated at 200w and uses rubicon caps. It's looks allright to me but thought I'd get a second opinion.
Now should I recap it? I have no clue how old it is, and it has all rubicon caps. I'd say just do it, but I'll need to by new soldering tools
manafacturing date should be on a sticker somewhere at the least a year, usually a full date is included.
caps last 30 years atleast the pre 00's era. the only way you know for sure is to measure every cap for its capacity, sadly a multimeter is not sufficient as you need a special tool for it.
Recapping a PSU garantees you of the caps not being a problem in the upcoming 20ish years orso when powered on every few months atleast.
consider replacing the fan and maybe adapting the fan exhaust like done in another thread (next PSU I will take apart will recieve the same upgrade from me)
With AT PSUs, there are two options. Fix your old one, or buy a new one from Newegg (To where it may apply). Newegg is selling decent AT PSUs. My Athena Power PSU has been sitting in my 486 without any real issues since I built it. It has everything you need for a retro build.
wrote:manafacturing date should be on a sticker somewhere at the least a year, usually a full date is included. caps last 30 years atl […]
wrote:It's a Dve-1454 rated at 200w and uses rubicon caps. It's looks allright to me but thought I'd get a second opinion.
Now should I recap it? I have no clue how old it is, and it has all rubicon caps. I'd say just do it, but I'll need to by new soldering tools
manafacturing date should be on a sticker somewhere at the least a year, usually a full date is included.
caps last 30 years atleast the pre 00's era. the only way you know for sure is to measure every cap for its capacity, sadly a multimeter is not sufficient as you need a special tool for it.
Recapping a PSU garantees you of the caps not being a problem in the upcoming 20ish years orso when powered on every few months atleast.
consider replacing the fan and maybe adapting the fan exhaust like done in another thread (next PSU I will take apart will recieve the same upgrade from me)
I did not see a date anywhere And I don't want to bother pulling the caps to test them, If I'm pulling any caps I may as well put new ones on them.
I'll look for a data code on the PCB latter on.
