I may be wrong on this, but I think the caps are meant to help eliminate line noise from the electrical supply causing interference on neigbouring equipment, such as when someone uses an electric beater in the kitchen and you see interference lines on the TV from it. Guessing that the value of the caps determines what frequencies of interference they effect. Gary McCartney McCartney Electronics Guelph Ontario Canada Est. 1984 email: gary (at) number63.ca gulftech@xxxxxxxx wrote: > > I wrote about this set a few days ago. Two caps blasted on power supply. > Bob Norcross from Lakeside TV was kind enough to identify them for me, > but I can't find a source. > > C9180 AC125/250V .01uF > C9190 AC125V 0.022uF > > Now a theory question about these caps. These AC caps go from hot to > cold ground. What is the purpose of these caps? Will a set run without > them? (Not that I intend to even try, just curious.) Are the values > critical? I went thru the boneyard and can't find either value. I did > find the .01 listed under a NAP number at Tritronics, but they can't help > with the other. > > TIA, > > Ken Smith > Gulf Technical Services > 3034 Gulf Breeze Parkway > Gulf Breeze, FL 32563 > 850-934-8324 (Voice) 850-932-0819 (Fax) > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! > Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! > Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! > ***************************************************************************** > Classifieds! Buy or Sell! > http://sell.tech-assist.org > The Tech Address Book: > http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/contact.htm > Add a Repair Tip Here, or Change/Remove your Email Address: > http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/main.htm > Lost Password: > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Lost your Login Info?". > Email Archives: > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ -- ***************************************************************************** Classifieds! Buy or Sell! http://sell.tech-assist.org The Tech Address Book: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/contact.htm Add a Repair Tip Here, or Change/Remove your Email Address: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/main.htm Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Lost your Login Info?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/