Radius Color Pivot Capacitor List

Elemenoh

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I recently took apart a Radius Color Pivot to recap it. It was surprisingly difficult to get apart and had quite a few caps. If you take one of these apart, I recommend taking a bunch of photos, marking where screws go on each panel, which things got unplugged, and the order in which you removed each panel. There's probably a 'right' way to take things apart, but it wasn't obvious to me.

Good luck and happy pivoting!

Power Supply

Cap LocationCapacitance (uF)Voltage Rating (V)
C112225
C1722025
C2847025
C2922025
C30100160
C3147160
C32150200
C3347160
C3647050
C37100050
C60330400
C702.250
C73150
C741025
C774725

Main Deflection Board

Cap LocationCapacitance (uF)Voltage Rating (V)
C30222050
C30310050
C307150
C31110050
C313100035
C3141050
C3161050
C32010050
C328100050
C33522050
C405150
C407150
C40947025
C4144.750
C41522050
C419100200
C501100100
C50222250

Neck Board

Cap LocationCapacitance (uF)Voltage Rating (V)
C20210025
C2041025
C2081025
C2091025
C2141025
C2151025
C222100100
C22522100

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Have any photos or videos of your recapped Pivot in action?

In terms of major jobs like this, I'd advise getting a tripod and keep your camera (or even iPhone) handy. That's really how I got started on YouTube in terms of my Public videos. You see, I'm forgetful and I wanted to make a video to remind myself of what I did, just in case I needed to do it all over. In particular, I wanted to try baking my 2009 iMac's video card back to life, so I started the camera rolling, initially doing it for myself. But then I started talking on the video as if I was speaking to other people too. After reviewing the footage, I decided to make it public, and it ended up helping a lot of people. That inspired me to go on to make 8 videos on the subject, and then many more about vintage Macs in general. I think a video about "Radius Color Pivot Recapping" would truly be fantastic!