Replacing the capacitors on a ZX Spectrum 48k

Replacing the capacitors on a ZX Spectrum 48k

Introduction: ZX spectrums enabled a whole generation of bedroom coders and gamers to be part of the British computing boom in the 80s. They did it at an affordable price. However, to ​meet this price they used cheap components, such as cheaper electrolyte capacitors that can dry out over 20 years. Retroleum can explain this much better than I ever could. The blog article about it is here: http://blog.retroleum.co.uk/electroni... Items used: 1 x solder sucker (https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...) 1 x 1m 65% lead solder 1 x wire cutter 1 x Retroleum capacitor pack (https://www.retroleum.co.uk/zx-spectr...) 1 x soldering iron I have already perfumed a composite mod, and used a composite to HDMI converter to see the spectrum on that little screen. You can see this equipment here: 1 x HDMI converter (https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...)