Where can one obtain that snap cap tool of yours? My neighbor is going to be removing the five 15000uf caps on my Fish Tales and Twilight Zone driver boards soon and your soldering tip (pun intended) seems to be the recipe for success. Thank you so much for your videos.
That tip is a JBC model. Your neighbor would need a JBC base unit also. I would discourage replacement of all 5 big caps. The only one that is a factor in game operation is C5, the 5 volt filter cap. I’d also discourage not using a pro. Your boards are too valuable to allow an inexperienced tech work on them. Choose your favorite board repair guy and have the job done right. :-)
You say C5 cap is the important one .... however I have numerous caps on both boards that are puffy. Should the C5 and the puffy ones be replaced and leave the normal looking ones? Also , I looked at the JBC website and didn't see that unique tip of yours. Are they still available .... if so, do you have a link? Thank You.
@@danaoberlander5754 Real puffy caps on that board are few and far between. C11 is the only one that sometimes exhibits that and that is caused by misconducting driver board connectors. I make a mod to the driver board that prevents C11 damage in these cases.
@@ChrisHiblerPinball ok thanks, I wasn't sure if snapcaps had better ESR. Because older pinball games in the 70's and 80's used a big blue 10,000uf to 20,000uf filter capacitor which I'm not sure why they used such a very large capacitance value because its overkill I think because most pinball games use about 10amps to 20amps total for the whole pinball game and 10,000uf to 20,000uf filter cap much hold way more than 20amps of current but for what reasons?
@@waynegram8907 Those older big caps, like the 30,000uf cap in WMS System 3-7 were used for the lamp matrix power. WPC games use the same 30,000uf capacitance but with two 15,000uf cap in parallel at C6, C7. ESR isn't a factor in the way they connect to the board.
@@ChrisHiblerPinball yes but why would the lamp matrix power need 30,000uf cap? Because 30,000uf is storing a lot of amps of current that the whole lamp matrix power is only drawing about 8 to 10amps total so not sure why using a 30,000uf is a very large capacitance value that is hold way more than 10amps of current it just seems overkill to me.
Where can one obtain that snap cap tool of yours? My neighbor is going to be removing the five 15000uf caps on my Fish Tales and Twilight Zone driver boards soon and your soldering tip (pun intended) seems to be the recipe for success. Thank you so much for your videos.
That tip is a JBC model. Your neighbor would need a JBC base unit also.
I would discourage replacement of all 5 big caps. The only one that is a factor in game operation is C5, the 5 volt filter cap.
I’d also discourage not using a pro. Your boards are too valuable to allow an inexperienced tech work on them. Choose your favorite board repair guy and have the job done right. :-)
You say C5 cap is the important one .... however I have numerous caps on both boards that are puffy. Should the C5 and the puffy ones be replaced and leave the normal looking ones? Also , I looked at the JBC website and didn't see that unique tip of yours. Are they still available .... if so, do you have a link? Thank You.
@@danaoberlander5754
Real puffy caps on that board are few and far between. C11 is the only one that sometimes exhibits that and that is caused by misconducting driver board connectors. I make a mod to the driver board that prevents C11 damage in these cases.
What are the benefits of using SnapCaps?
During manufacturing, snapcaps are useful to help keep the parts in place as they are wave soldered to the PCB.
@@ChrisHiblerPinball ok thanks, I wasn't sure if snapcaps had better ESR. Because older pinball games in the 70's and 80's used a big blue 10,000uf to 20,000uf filter capacitor which I'm not sure why they used such a very large capacitance value because its overkill I think because most pinball games use about 10amps to 20amps total for the whole pinball game and 10,000uf to 20,000uf filter cap much hold way more than 20amps of current but for what reasons?
@@waynegram8907 Those older big caps, like the 30,000uf cap in WMS System 3-7 were used for the lamp matrix power. WPC games use the same 30,000uf capacitance but with two 15,000uf cap in parallel at C6, C7. ESR isn't a factor in the way they connect to the board.
@@ChrisHiblerPinball yes but why would the lamp matrix power need 30,000uf cap? Because 30,000uf is storing a lot of amps of current that the whole lamp matrix power is only drawing about 8 to 10amps total so not sure why using a 30,000uf is a very large capacitance value that is hold way more than 10amps of current it just seems overkill to me.
@@waynegram8907 That I do not know.