From: ohg...@gmail.com   
      
   On Saturday, September 2, 2023 at 10:52:31 AM UTC-4, Dan Green wrote:   
   > On Fri, 1 Sep 2023 11:16:10 -0700 (PDT), "Peter W."    
   >  wrote:    
   >    
   > >Note, for the record: When I purchase new caps, they still get tested for   
   ESR and value prior to installation. All of them.    
   > >    
   > >Now, here I am with a choice: $20 for a high-value, high voltage   
   electrolytic cap. Or, $0 for a NOS one that, although never installed or used,   
   has been sitting in my closet, or $8 for one that has been sitting on some   
   dealer's shelf (properly    
   conditioned, of course) for the last 20 years. I do all that has been   
   suggested in this thread to bring that NOS cap up to proper behavior. Or so I   
   think.    
   > >    
   > >That cap goes *POOF*, and takes some unobtanium parts with it.    
   > >    
   > >What have I saved?   
      
      
   > Sorry, it seems you've been out-voted. Re-formed & tested NOS wins.    
   > :-)   
      
   Majority voting is mob rule - doesn't make it the right decision.  Even so, I   
   think if you did an actual poll, you'd find going with new production would   
   win.   
      
   These aren't $50 parts here.  Even quality capacitors are cheap.  It makes   
   little sense to reform a cranky electrolytic.   
      
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