The short lifetime ratings of electrolytics have always worried me. 8,000 hours? That’s about 1 year, though that is at rated operating conditions. This article discusses dressing of lifespan: https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/news/calculating-the-lifespan-of-electrolytic-capacitors-with-de-rating/
It seems temperature is definitely your enemy here. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/bb05745f-a794-4adb-a81d-b33611979e6b%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
