On Thu, 23 Apr 2015 14:13:03 -0400 Michael Black wrote in
Message id: ple.org:

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But ceramic capacitors don't go bad.

Good post, but I disagree with that. I've seem 'em short out. Just last
week I removed one from a -12VDC rail on an HP 4195A network/spectrum
analyzer. The cap had caught fire.