21 Mar
2014
21 Mar
'14
7:48 p.m.
On 03/21/2014 05:19 PM, TeoZ wrote:
can somebody please expalin why I rarely see capacitor
failure, for all I
work on machines a lot older than this Osborne?
I can offer one good explanation--switching power supplies. The high
frequency AC ripple was really murder on capacitors of the day.
I've got much older linear supplies as well, and they're mostly fine.
--Chuck