On Sat, 02 Feb 2008 17:09:49 -0800, Andy Cuffe
wrote:

On Sat, 02 Feb 2008 17:21:49 +0000, Eeyore
wrote:




Electrolytic caps have a 'service lifetime' that depends on temperature
and ripple current. It may be unwise to re-use these as they may be on the
way out.

Graham


I would trust a good 10 year old cap more than some of the junk modern
caps I'm seeing in everything. These caps often explode after less
than a year. While nothing beats a brand new high quality cap, and
ESR meter will weed out ones that are on their way out.

Hasn't there been a big problem recently with caps from Taiwan having
bad electrolyte?