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Old 07-01-2020, 05:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Electronic M View Post
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.
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
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