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To: Bob434

Many electrolytic capacitors fail if they aren’t used regularly. There are even rules in manufacturing about how to recondition capacitors before soldering them if they’ve been stored for a while.


9 posted on 03/08/2016 8:51:26 AM PST by KarlInOhio (An orange jumpsuit is the new black pantsuit.)
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To: KarlInOhio

Temperature is an issue for electrolytic caps because it causes the electrolyte to degrade. Usually if there is a lot of ripple that they have to manage.

Electrolytic caps are the worst for reliability.


11 posted on 03/08/2016 8:57:03 AM PST by dhs12345
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To: KarlInOhio

i did check the capacitors- didn’t find any that were bulging or split- but of course they could have just failed without any signs- or i could have not seen one that did split (some were tucked in pretty tight spots, and hard to see)


19 posted on 03/08/2016 9:15:53 AM PST by Bob434
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