Thats another even more common failure mechanism. I have a Sony tape deck that I really like and have master recordings that sound best on it (because the masters were made on it) that has an electrolytic cap problem. It "motor-boats", but the location is impossible to pin-point.
On 5/22/07, Ralf R. Radermacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Why would the electronics die unless you dunked them in water? > > I've just binned a Sony V6000 camcorder. About 12 years old, but hardly > used. Optically and mechanically like new. The problem: dozens of > leaking electrolytic capacitors. The phenomenon is known. Affects all > V5000 and V6000 sooner or later. Canon users report the same trouble > with their former top-of-line EX-1. > > My Philips FM1000 vhf transceiver doesn't let me program new receive > frequencies. Transmit yes, but not receive. Hasn't been dunked, either. > > Just two examples of electronics failing. > > Ralf > > -- > Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany > private homepage: http://www.fotoralf.de > manual cameras and photo galleries - updated Jan. 10, 2005 > Contarex - Kiev 60 - Horizon 202 - P6 mount lenses > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
