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Subject: Re: [korgpolyex] Re: Power circuit repair.

From: Gordon JC Pearce <gordon@...>
Date: 2014-03-12

On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 06:07:00AM -0700, bperkins211@... wrote:
> Doesn't anyone check electrolytic caps with an ESR tester before blindly replacing them? The kind of meter that checks them in circuit..

I don't bother to check them with an ESR meter. That can't tell you anything particularly useful.

Diagnose the fault properly. Look at the symptoms, look at the circuit. Think.

There is nothing so complex in these simple instruments as to require such bodgery to get around it.

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Gordonjcp MM0YEQ