"CheetahHugger" wrote in message
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If you can squeeze a 25V cap in its place...

Yes, i can, it's just that i remember huge problems with
capacitors
about 10 years ago and it seems it's still a common failure
making me
think it's a weak component purposely installed to make sure
the
appliance in question will only just outlast the warranty.
To me this is theft from consumers.

Cheetah

i think you need to factor in the product value and penny
counters as well, Cheapo mother boards were big problem once upon
a time. The mother board and other electronic mfgs are ordering
thousands and millions of components and a couple of fractions of
pennies here and there really adds up to big savings or profit
for them. I replaced some buldging caps in my old cheapie MOBO
with nichicon equivalents and the board still runs great.