[ARC5] Aging Electrolytics

Brian Carling bcarling at cfl.rr.com
Sat Jan 31 12:06:21 EST 2015


The funny thing is, most of the time 60 year old radios have capacitors still run fine.

Best regards - Brian Carling
AF4K Crystals Co.
117 Sterling Pine St.
Sanford, FL 32773

Tel: +USA 321-262-5471




> On Jan 31, 2015, at 11:55 AM, Glen Zook via ARC5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
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> Frankly, in the long run, just replacing older electrolytics and paper capacitors automatically, generally saves a lot of money in potential damage to other components as well as time spent in trouble-shooting when that component completely goes bad.
> It is usually a case of pay a little bit now or pay a LOT a little bit later! Glen, K9STH
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> Website: http://k9sth.net
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