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James Sweet
 
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"Dave VanHorn" wrote in message
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Bad caps don't necessarily look bad. They slowly reduce in effective

value,
due to age. You may see a 1000uF that measures to significantly less than
that, like 100uF.




More often than that, they'll measure ok, but the ESR has gone way up and
acts like a resistor in series with them.