Fw: [R-390] Old Brown Beauty Statistics Lesson

[Walter Wilson]

Lee Bahr wrote:

>Sure wish you guys could shake hands and make up and lighten up a little.
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>
I've taken no offense at this discussion.  It is a lively one, though.  
Where is Joe?  He is usually the one stirring the pot.

Honestly, I'd always replace the brown beauties because almost all that 
I've tested leak way more than the others (yellow aerovox, metal vitamin 
Q, or new orange drop).  Even the good brown beauties are quite leaky, 
and the cracked ones are typically much more leaky.  I've tested enough 
to form my own opinion.  And yea, we're all entitled to forming our own 
opinions.

I guess one of the reasons I replace some capacitors without cutting 
loose one end and checking for leakage is 1) I enjoy working on radios, 
and replacing caps is not a boring task to me, and 2) I want these 50+ 
year old radios to last at least another 50 years.  I don't want to have 
to come back in 5 or 10 years and go through the exercise again of 
searching for a bad capacitor.  But that's just my opinion.

Let's all keep having fun,
Walter Wilson - KK4DF