Keep blowing capacitor inside converter
Hello! My 2017 Keystone Sprinter campfire converter keeps going out. Have camper on surge protector, new battery and converter has gone out again. The capacitor inside the converter keeps blowing u...
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Gordon Three has absolutely the correct answer. Unless a person themselves with their own hands diagnosed and themselves repaired converters and power supplies, what are they doing inside a repair thread? My former 400-watt Megawatt now called Hyperwatt. is now a constant duty 650-watt charger with utter success.
The full-wave bridge rectifiers inside these units should have a heat sink and most do not.
The capacitance of all capacitors must remain the same value. But stay away from Chinese landfill. Something Mr. G3 missed is temperature. Stick with 105c units, his list of acceptable brands is impeccable. If a 300 volt or 400-volt capacitor will fit, use it.
If a unit uses a Schottky rectifier rated 80 amps over the original 30 amps and 150 volts PIV over 100 USE THEM.
The full-wave bridge rectifiers inside these units should have a heat sink and most do not.
The capacitance of all capacitors must remain the same value. But stay away from Chinese landfill. Something Mr. G3 missed is temperature. Stick with 105c units, his list of acceptable brands is impeccable. If a 300 volt or 400-volt capacitor will fit, use it.
If a unit uses a Schottky rectifier rated 80 amps over the original 30 amps and 150 volts PIV over 100 USE THEM.
