>> Has anyone actually experienced a shorted filter C? Open C is far more
>> common, in my experience.
>> In more than 50 years of electronics I have never seen a shorted
>> aluminum electrolytic cap. I have replaced hundreds if not thousands
>> of open ones and I have seen shorted tantalums on many occasions, but
>> that's all. I am sure it must happen but it seems to be exceedingly
>> rare.
> How many would you like me to send from well known commercial amps?
> I always save various failed components as a teaching aid to those not
> familiar with amplifier service.
With 50 years of fixing (and building) electronic thingies and
47 years as a broadcast engineer, I do not recall finding a shorted
electrolytic capacitor unless it was damaged by an outside influence
like a short elsewhere. Tantalums every so often, if exposed to
ripple they will fail.
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Ron KA4INM - I'm proud to be Chuck's pop!
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