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General Chat => Arcade Lifestyle => Topic started by: Muerto on September 23, 2009, 05:29:59 PM

Title: Hantarex MTC 9000 20"
Post by: Muerto on September 23, 2009, 05:29:59 PM
Won this earlier on the bay, wow, i wish there was an easyer way to buy those! - it´s so clean, no dust etc!! :spaceace:

(http://muerto.superfreehost.org/arc/hrex6.jpg)

(http://muerto.superfreehost.org/arc/hrex5.jpg)

(http://muerto.superfreehost.org/arc/hrex4.jpg)

(http://muerto.superfreehost.org/arc/hrex3.jpg)

(http://muerto.superfreehost.org/arc/hrex2.jpg)

(http://muerto.superfreehost.org/arc/hrex1.jpg)
Title: Re: Hantarex MTC 9000 20"
Post by: DarthNuno on September 23, 2009, 06:27:33 PM
Beautiful  :-*

New Old Stock ?
Title: Re: Hantarex MTC 9000 20"
Post by: Muerto on September 23, 2009, 06:44:31 PM
yes, never been used...
Title: Re: Hantarex MTC 9000 20"
Post by: level42 on September 23, 2009, 07:08:50 PM
Ah, so you ordered a cap-kit I assume ?

Very nice find ! Can't wait to pick up my Kortek.
Title: Re: Hantarex MTC 9000 20"
Post by: Superully on September 23, 2009, 07:25:46 PM
was it the one on ebay germany? if so, we both bid on the same thing  :(
Title: Re: Hantarex MTC 9000 20"
Post by: Muerto on September 23, 2009, 07:32:30 PM
Quote from: level 42
Ah, so you ordered a cap-kit I assume ?
why would i need a cap kit??

Quote from: Superully
was it the one on ebay germany? if so, we both bid on the same thing
... yes it was... sorry.... ;)
Title: Re: Hantarex MTC 9000 20"
Post by: Superully on September 23, 2009, 07:33:28 PM
nope, i'm the one who's sorry, because i made it more expensive for you  :'(
Title: Re: Hantarex MTC 9000 20"
Post by: Muerto on September 23, 2009, 08:16:19 PM
no worries - thats the game.

but i must say, this is the down side of this hobby... of course theres always a winner of an auktion, but in this case it was someone i knew which came in 2nd place, and if i havent won, i surely would have see he had!
short: we (i) wish the best for our (my) friend(s).
Title: Re: Hantarex MTC 9000 20"
Post by: level42 on September 23, 2009, 11:27:20 PM
Quote from: Muerto on September 23, 2009, 07:32:30 PM
Quote from: level 42
Ah, so you ordered a cap-kit I assume ?
why would i need a cap kit??
Because caps that haven't had any electrical loads on them for about 25 years are dead or near dead.
Title: Re: Hantarex MTC 9000 20"
Post by: Muerto on September 24, 2009, 05:57:35 AM
ah! - didn´t know that! i will order right away! thanks!
Title: Re: Hantarex MTC 9000 20"
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on September 24, 2009, 07:19:09 AM
maybe this helps ?

http://www.evoxrifa.com/technote_pdf/electrolytic_life_factors.pdf (http://www.evoxrifa.com/technote_pdf/electrolytic_life_factors.pdf)

just did a simple google search :)
Title: Re: Hantarex MTC 9000 20"
Post by: level42 on September 24, 2009, 08:23:11 AM
Of course, you could be lucky. It could work out of the box. But it is true that "shelf-life" is actually worse for a cap than a working life.
Cap manufacturers usually specify a "shelf life" in their datasheets (f.i. 1000 hrs., do the calculation, and this is about 41 DAYS). This shelf life indication is the moment that the manufacturer guarantees that the product will meet the specifications. So you could say the caps are "over" specced a bit when they leave the factory, but already after 41 days it's down to it's published specs.
Imagine 25 years of shelf life.

Still, as mentioned, it could work just fine.

F.I. The Sanyo monitor on my Nintendo cab has one of the nicest pictures I have in my collection and I have replaced only one cap because it had the famous fold-over problem. Maybe if I do a full cap-kit it will even look better, and at least you will extend it's lifetime and prevent problems in the future. For the little money a cap-kit costs, I think it's worth the effort.

I would at least test it before you do the cap-kit because if there _is_ a problem you don't know if it's because you made a mistake on the cap-kitting or that it was just bad from the start.

Here's a handy map for your cap-kit job:
(http://www.therealbobroberts.net/9000lyot.gif)
Title: Re: Hantarex MTC 9000 20"
Post by: Muerto on September 24, 2009, 03:43:47 PM
i can imagine the cabs dry out or somthing like that, and i have allready ordered a kit ($15)
and you have even found the scematic where the caps are placed! THANKS! - thet surely makes it a lot easyer!
Title: Re: Hantarex MTC 9000 20"
Post by: yuppicide on September 28, 2009, 04:56:56 AM
Will it hurt anything if he hooks it up and turns it on to see if it works or not?
Title: Re: Hantarex MTC 9000 20"
Post by: level42 on September 28, 2009, 07:38:20 AM
Probably not.
Title: Re: Hantarex MTC 9000 20"
Post by: Muerto on September 28, 2009, 03:04:27 PM
Had some time today, so took a chance, and plugged in the monitor... wow! damn!, now im even more irritated that they are so damn hard to find!
It´s a bit hard to see on the images, but the picture is crystal clear! - and if it breaks down, i always have the cap kit  :spaceace:

(http://muerto.superfreehost.org/arc/newmonitor1.jpg)

(http://muerto.superfreehost.org/arc/newmonitor2.jpg)

(http://muerto.superfreehost.org/arc/newmonitor3.jpg)
Title: Re: Hantarex MTC 9000 20"
Post by: Superully on September 28, 2009, 03:45:01 PM
congrats - and it even came with a fabulous game  ;)
Title: Re: Hantarex MTC 9000 20"
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on September 28, 2009, 08:40:40 PM
hmm the caps look ok to me....
Title: Re: Hantarex MTC 9000 20"
Post by: level42 on September 28, 2009, 09:00:30 PM
So far for theory  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Hantarex MTC 9000 20"
Post by: Muerto on September 28, 2009, 09:14:49 PM
yes, sometimes theres lightyears between fact and theory!  :D
Title: Re: Hantarex MTC 9000 20"
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on September 28, 2009, 10:09:02 PM
for now they are your friends  ;D ;D ;D

(http://inventorspot.com/files/images/il_430xN.14283627.img_assist_custom.jpg)

(http://blog.craftzine.com/robot_charms_maker_shed.jpg)

better check them after some operating hours if they are not like this....

(http://gallery.techarena.in/data/519/bad_cap.jpg)