From: dhg99908@hotmail.se   
      
   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.   
   :-)   
      
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