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   From: jrr@flippers.com   
      
   On 2024/07/05 9:32 p.m., vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >   
   I tap electronic tubes to see if they are good, but you say he tapped   
   capacitors? Electrolytics I guess, might show issues when tapped, like   
   poor internal connections.   
      
   Interesting hadn't really thought of that as a test for caps...   
      
   John :-#)#   
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