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   Capacitors seem to be the electronic component most likely to fail.  My late   
   EE'64 (and before that submariner) uncle used to tap them with the back of   
   his screwdriver to find which one failed. Most often, they were what was   
   wrong.   
      
   --   
   	 Vasos Panagiotopoulos  panix.com/~vjp2/vasos.htm   
     ---{Nothing herein constitutes advice.  Everything fully disclaimed.}---   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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