Apple /// Power Supply

Geoff Reed wrote: It's neither electrolytic or 22uF (seemingly, the European comma decimal point is confusing the writer), and it didn't fail by 'drying out' as the writer writes. It's 0.22 uF and (probably) mylar or polystyrene, and a replacement should be 'line-rated' as it's somewhat obviously part of the line filter. The writer seems to have gotten the replacement about right regardless (?). I expect many will differ in opinion, but I don't worry much about 'modern' (60's and later) electrolytic caps. Very roughly speaking, my assessment for 'lytics tends along the lines: - industrial quality equipment pre late-50s: worry - " " " post late-50s: don't worry - consumer-quality equipment pre late-60s: worry - " " " post late-60s: don't worry with some gray areas in between, etc. Maybe it's the climate around here (mild) but other than early tube equipment and the occassional leaking one (and the well-known manufacturing problems in the mid/late-90's), I don't often have problems from electrolytics; or to put it another way, I'm of the feeling the concern over electrolytics is overstated. To put it more concisely perhaps, I think the well-justified concern/experience with early 'lytics has carried too far over to more modern equipment/components.