Electrolytic Capacitors

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Offline vetmed

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on: January 22, 2014, 07:07:57 PM
If power supply electrolytics are starting to fail what would be the symptoms? I imagine that B+ might decrease as one or more of the caps start to show less resistance to ground, but I'd like to hear what more informed minds think :D TIA

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Reply #1 on: January 22, 2014, 07:26:17 PM
The cause is age + heat or abuse.

B+ may indeed increase if leakage increases.

The tops will also bulge out before they go.

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