[Boatanchors] 2013 myth

[Mark K3MSB]

There are two kinds of black beauty caps - those that are bad and those
that will go bad and take some other parts with them.

I replace them all regardless of weather they test good and no longer even
bother testing them.

When I recapped my SX-101 I decided to test them all and quit testing about
half way through due to the high failure rate.  If I recall, most of the
400V caps failed the leakage test and all the 600V caps failed.

73 Mark K3MSB

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On Jul 7, 2013 5:50 AM, "David Knepper" <collinsradio at comcast.net> wrote:

> This “hysteria” concerning replacing the so-called “black beauties”, etc.
> frankly is like the man who washes his car every day so as to believe that
> somehow this will increase gas mileage!
>
>
> David Knepper - W3CRA/W3ST
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