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On 24/04/2015 12:55, JW wrote:
On Thu, 23 Apr 2015 14:13:03 -0400 Michael Black wrote in
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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.


conventional disc ceramic or multi-layer type?