Awhile back I installed a couple large 100uF/500V caps into my Mac MC240 in the power supply section for the B+. Yeah, they were expensive, but they seemed to work fine and sound great.I have contacted a highly respected Mac restoration tech to help in transferring all the parts from my rusted chassis to a newly shiny restored chassis. The Mac tech said using Black gates was a big mistake since he knew of some failures when used in power supplies. Something about failing shorted which obviously wouldn't be fun....
But I've never heard anyone complain about Black Gate reliability or failures. Does anyone else have any inside knowlege of any BG problems with failures? I like the BG caps in this amp and unless I can confirm the failure story, I'll probably keep them in. But this tech has a great reputation and is a Mac expert......so I'm confused about what to believe. Any good stories about amps torching would be appreciated : )
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Topic - Anyone know of problems using Black Gates in PS? - tommytube 11:20:05 01/16/06 (14)
- Update on Surge Ratings - tommytube 10:53:08 01/18/06 (0)
- Dont Black Gates (WKZ) have a surge voltage of 550V? - Sugardawg34 19:09:45 01/16/06 (0)
- Re: Anyone know of problems using Black Gates in PS? - MIchael Samra 14:40:22 01/16/06 (4)
- Re: Anyone know of problems using Black Gates in PS? - DrewB 10:14:39 01/17/06 (3)
- Re: Anyone know of problems using Black Gates in PS? - MIchael Samra 00:37:07 01/18/06 (2)
- Re: Anyone know of problems using Black Gates in PS? - tommytube 10:58:05 01/18/06 (1)
- Re: Anyone know of problems using Black Gates in PS? - MIchael Samra 12:27:56 01/18/06 (0)
- Re: Anyone know of problems using Black Gates in PS? - Jimmy 13:49:56 01/16/06 (0)
- Have to watch for over shooting their voltage rating - Gordon Rankin 13:16:58 01/16/06 (0)
- Keep using them if they have survived so far ... - KIS 13:11:37 01/16/06 (0)
- Very possible..500V rating is very much a rating - Bas Horneman 11:47:15 01/16/06 (3)
- On The Subject of Billie - me! 09:07:51 01/17/06 (0)
- Re: Very possible..500V rating is very much a rating - tommytube 14:19:57 01/16/06 (1)
- Re: Very possible..500V rating is very much a rating - AJ 16:03:16 01/16/06 (0)