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Stereo Capacitor Broken


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Stereo Capacitor Broken. Web as a capacitor ages, it starts to behave more like a resistor (impeding and destabilizing current flow) rather than like a capacitor. These are bulging of the capacitor itself.

Help identifying broken capacitor or maybe resistor r/AskElectronics
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Web as a capacitor ages, it starts to behave more like a resistor (impeding and destabilizing current flow) rather than like a capacitor. This seemed appropriate for the number of times i get asked these type of. Web there are numerous accounts that suggest real effects from burn in or break in of capacitors, but without.

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Help identifying broken capacitor or maybe resistor r/AskElectronics

Web a busted capacitor can be obviously broken (leaking brownish fluid, corroded, or with the leads severed), but sometimes it's subtle. Web i've replaced many sets of capacitors with metalized polypropylene caps such as jantzen, audyn, and solen. Web there are numerous accounts that suggest real effects from burn in or break in of capacitors, but without. These are bulging of the capacitor itself.

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