I thought I would share a notice/warning about capacitor leakage for anyone who owns or still uses a V800.
I recently acquired a V800 direct from Germany. This unit was sold to me by the original owner and I believe it was made in 2011. While I was going about converting the mains voltage to USA, I noticed one bulging electrolytic capacitor. I replaced it and happily used the unit for a few weeks.
However, curiosity got the better of me and I took the time to find suitable replacement capacitors and went about recapping the entire unit, about 20 capacitors in total. In my unit, I found that all the capacitors around the power section were leaking, or showing early signs of leakage.
With the unit buttoned back up, I did notice that the case no longer gets warm to the touch, which I found strange for a DAC to get so hot.
This is one of the those situations that is probably unique to my unit. But, given the age of these DACs, I thought it might be important to let you all know that the pcb might need a visual inspection as a preventative.
Thanks.
I recently acquired a V800 direct from Germany. This unit was sold to me by the original owner and I believe it was made in 2011. While I was going about converting the mains voltage to USA, I noticed one bulging electrolytic capacitor. I replaced it and happily used the unit for a few weeks.
However, curiosity got the better of me and I took the time to find suitable replacement capacitors and went about recapping the entire unit, about 20 capacitors in total. In my unit, I found that all the capacitors around the power section were leaking, or showing early signs of leakage.
With the unit buttoned back up, I did notice that the case no longer gets warm to the touch, which I found strange for a DAC to get so hot.
This is one of the those situations that is probably unique to my unit. But, given the age of these DACs, I thought it might be important to let you all know that the pcb might need a visual inspection as a preventative.
Thanks.