[sdiy] old capacitor ID

[Ingo Debus]

Am 20.01.2008 um 03:01 schrieb Scott:

> Ceramic disk caps aren't prone to failure either, are they?

I once saw a leaky one. This was the bypass cap for the lithium  
battery in an Atari computer. It drained the battery in a few month.
But I think this doesn't happen very often.


> There's something wrong w/ the amp.  I've got new tubes on the way,  
> and am getting ready to order the replacement electrolytics.
> A good cleaning got rid of most of the hum, but it occasionally  
> lets out a pop and looses some volume.  Then another pop and it's  
> back.

Bad solder joint?

Ingo