My Attempt at Predicta Restoration

[Phil Nelson]

Originally Posted by bandersen

I wonder how prone they are to failure

I think the answer is "sort of." My understanding is that the capacitors inside are paper. I replaced one (K4) preemptively on my Predicta, having been told it was a troublemaker. The others are working fine, 10-odd years later.

Some folks replace all of 'em, some folks replace none. I guess I would consider [A] how well your set's working now, [B] whether you plan to do other work requiring removal of the big PC board, and [C] how much you hate the idea of possibly removing the board only to replace a failed couplate.

How's that for not really answering your question

Phil