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  • Uranium-235
    Comrade Glimmer
    • Aug 2007
    • 5042
    • US
    #1

    aged capicator truth

    So, my father says if you use something electronic, and then don't use it for a long time, the capacitors can go bad. I know I did have this time when I bought a precision 360 from goodwill that looked in great condition, and had good caps. But after I loaded windows on it, it refused to boot, I opened it up and the caps had bloated within a period of days, it probably hasn't been powered in months

    is this true? do caps or other components go bad from lack of usage?

    Cap Datasheet Depot: http://www.paullinebarger.net/DS/
    ^If you have datasheets not listed PM me
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    • brethin
      Badcaps Legend
      • Dec 2008
      • 1907
      • USA
      #2
      Re: aged capicator truth

      No. Under normal conditions.

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        • kc8adu
          Super Moderator
          • Nov 2003
          • 8832
          • U.S.A!
          #3
          Re: aged capicator truth

          they will lose their "form"
          i have reformed 50+ year old lytics by slowly increasing voltage and limiting current.

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            • stj
              Great Sage 齊天大聖
              • Dec 2009
              • 31002
              • Albion
              #4
              Re: aged capicator truth

              that takes years.

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