CentiPIed: Centipede Arcade Restoration and Raspberry Pi Conversion


Big Blue

The Atari machines were known for having a huge blue power capacitor - 27000 MFD, 15V, 20V Surge. As this was quite an old machine, I felt it best to replace this as most sources advised to that first. I replaced it with a 30V / 40V Surge, either the same MFD or higher.

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Big Blue Capacitor Replacement