On Sunday, 12 November 2017 20:46:11 UTC, Foxs Mercantile wrote:
On 11/12/2017 2:38 AM, Frank wrote:
Seems likely your capacitor was clipped out by
an experienced serviceman a few decades ago.

Any "technician" that would clip a part, and
leave it hanging, rather than replace it is NOT
an experienced serviceman. He's a hack.

Well... there's no lack of consumer products with parts missing, demonstrating that
- in some cases the initial extra parts aren't really needed
- in others more than one version exists or was planned

It's like cars, surprising how many bits you can remove and it still works.


NT