On Jun 23, 2013, at 4:51 PM, James E. Therrault <mjrtas...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Capacitors, (caps), are notorious for having a shortened life in solid state > monitors, TVs etc. It almost seems that they were purposely > under-engineered. Caps are cheap and it will be obvious upon disassembly > which ones have failed. It didn't help that for several years in the early to mid 2000's a case of botched industrial espionage resulted in a flood of substandard capacitors in the market : <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague> -- Bruce Johnson "Wherever you go, there you are" B. Banzai, PhD -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.