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Default Popping capacitors Who has post 2006 hardware with bad caps?


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"CheetahHugger" wrote

Who sees post 2006 hardware with bad caps?


Me, just about every day of my working life ...


Any particulat brands ?

Graham

Nope. The two main things that they always have in common, are that they are
either secondary side filter caps on switchers, or located right next to a
component that runs hot. SMPS designers seem to have something programmed
into their genes, which compels them to do this ...

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