Whats the Red Capacitator on the 6F DC drive board?

Maxim · Apr 25, 2009

Like the title says....

I got a 6F unit I'm trying to fix, I took the board out and there is a note that its bad written on top with marker. With a 1985 date :rolleyes5:

Anyways, I see two caps on there that are blown. They are both in the bottom left corner.

They both have a leg on the circuit leading back to the neutral wire. And they are both blown on that side.

The green one is 0.47 uf. The red one only has a GE part number.

V13CLA10AJ0

I'm hoping that if I can find this and resolder, it will start buzzing again. The inside drive parts look pretty clean.

Lakeside53 · Apr 25, 2009

Looks like an MOV varistor to me... Are you sure it doesn't say V150xxxxx.. or V130xxxx?

Here's a link to some guys you can call and get the exact match:

http://www.galco.com/scripts/cgiip....ARRIS Varistor&mfg=&itemsperpage=20&pagenum=1

Maxim · Apr 25, 2009

I'm pretty sure its a 3 but I'll check and get back to you later.

From the wiki description of a varistor, it sounds like its probably one of those.

cmjohnson · Apr 25, 2009

MOV. It shorts out if too much voltage hits it, as a safety device.

Incidentally, that's "capacitor", not "capacitator".

CJ

Maxim · Apr 29, 2009

The C is apparently a 0 !

I found some on ebay, its V130CLA10

Buck each!

:cheers:

chips&more · Apr 30, 2009

I’m totally agreeing with Lakeside53 and cmjohnson, and I guarantee that the red thing is a MOV. That MOV and .47mf capacitor are on the primary side of the “T1” transformer (also bottom left corner). The damage to your circuit board was probably the result of it seeing a higher than normal AC voltage, not a good thing to do to it. I do not think by just changing those two components that you will have fixed it, but I hope I’m wrong. For starters, I would check the circuit board paths for damage, T1 transformer for resistance (~ 560 ohms primary side) and all those SCR’s and diodes on that metal bracket/heat sink, Good Luck.

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