question for board expert in bally/stern mpu 17

[djsupermariobros]

i bout a sten memory lane with a busted c5 capacitor burnt ...replace it and had small corrosion ...kleen repair ,relocate battery ...machine work fine for about 6 months played 5 day a week a couple of game a night and burn again with the fuse looking for a reason to happen twice ???? only thing that was new is a ted nugent machine now in working 100 per cent next to its on the same plug and both were on when the c5 Blu ...tanks

[djsupermariobros]

Fix it was the rectifier that on the verge of going replace the rectifier for f3. the c5 its like a warning i think

[DrDude]

Fix it was the rectifier that on the verge of going replace the rectifier for f3. the c5 its like a warning i think

Thanks for confirming: Yes, a dying rectifier would put a lot of AC ripple into C5, possibly even some reverse current (it's a polarized capacitor), which would be very bad for it indeed! Thanks for explaining your fix!