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Default Do these 'lytics need to be replaced?

On Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at 9:55:17 AM UTC-4, Bob Engelhardt wrote:
Are these "bulging"? How much bulge is too much? Or is _any_ bulging
to much? "If you can see that it's not flat, it's too much"?

https://imgur.com/GymXlUb

Thanks,
Bob


Bulging is not an indication of the condition of a capacitor. I've seen many physically large capacitors in power supplies show some bulge and be dead on for value and ESR, and others that looked brand new and were decidedly low in value and high in ESR.

Either pull them and test them or at least scope across them (watch for hot ground with your scope).