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Originally Posted by Electronic M
If the ones that don't have measurable leakage on my C3 from the beginning are going bad then the ones that were leaking sure as hell are not going to last.
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Back when I became a full time bench tech (70s), I was changing can caps almost daily, and these coming from TVs with a quarter of the years on them that we have now and
despite having a fully formed oxide layer from daily use...
Every parts store back then had a full line of Cornell-Dubilier, Arcolytic, Mallory, or Sprague drop in cans.
NOS, used stock, reformed.. they're all time bombs - even back then when they were only a few years old. It's not a matter of if it's a matter of when.
John