On Fri, 17 Dec 2010 16:36:00 +0000, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

I've had a few failures of these recently. Used round a bridge rectifier
- for RFI purposes, I'd guess. They were the normal sort of wax covered
types. In all three cases, one had shorted.

Is there anything better to use for this?

Move them away from any heat source? I've not known them to be a trouble
child. If you choose MLCC replacements be sure to choose the correct
class of dielectric. Class COG/NPO contain neodymium, samarium and other
rare earth oxides and have a negligible aging rate.



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