Rich says to replace any caps showing white round the vents. I'd suggest
changing any where the vent is bulging, too. Vents can be either a dimple or
a small bulge; big caps tend to have a dimple. If even one of the caps has a
dimple, and the rest have a bulge, change them!
I found this the hard way.
Naive question: photoflash type caps are obviously designed for a high peak
current, albeit intermittently. One would presume that they are designed for
low ESR, but if that's so, why do they give up pretty rapidly under high
ripple conditions?
73
Peter G3RZP
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