Rich Koziol typed the following on 7/8/2006 6:25 PM:
On 8 Jul 2006 at 21:13, Gaffer wrote:
It might help to understand why capacitors, in particular
Electrolytic ones fail, possibly more than any other
electronic component. Particularly on mainboards.
Can't tell you exactly why they fail suddenly. Electrolytics
have been around for a long time, since the first radio or
power supply. Thy use an electroyte, as the name implies,
which can "go bad" due to constant heat, or bad electrolyte,
or usage times of all equipment has increased.
At one time, people listened to the radio or watched TV for a
couple of hours a day. Now equipemnet is on all the time (see
my other post).
All the equipment is designed to work only a few days longer,
than the warranty period.
Tell me how that's done.
--
Pete Holsberg
Columbus, NJ
"Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority
off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more."
-- Mark Twain
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