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Do electrolytic capacitors lose lifetime during soldering in reflow oven?
Electrolytic capacitors service time is based on maximum operating temperature, among other things. When they are inside an SMD soldering oven, the temperature increases to over 375°C. Most of the ...
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Replacing the capacitor on an old Philips amplifier
My Philips amplifier broke down (model FA153) and my friend told me it's likely the capicators have worn out (they were produced in West Germany ;))
I am quite the layman in electrical engineering, ...
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Trying to fix broken capacitor, help? [closed]
So I found an HDTV on the side of the road, brought it home, took it apart, and found the problem. A blown capacitor. So I replaced it with another one of roughly the same value (original was 16 V 470 ...
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Replacing (and perhaps upgrading) bad capacitors within a speaker system? [closed]
A few months ago the volume of the left speaker of my pair of low-cost audio monitors began slowly diminishing. Every day it seemed to lose a fraction of it's normal operating volume until the speaker ...
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