If you think about capacitors, check out this video


One of my favorite nerd-channels posted this today. It’s about millions of faulty and/or counterfeit capacitors flooding the market in 2002 and after. If you have gear from that era, you might want to check it out.

What happened to capacitors

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Showing 1 response by carlsbad2

The good news is a failed capacitor almost always is detectable visually.  Open it up and inspect the caps.  If you find the bad one, it is pretty easy to replace.

Jerry