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Some say if I ain't broke don't fix it. Problem with caps is they do have an expected life span. If a piece of equipment is a certain age, and has reached the point where capacitors could possibly, be out of spec change them. It only takes one (capacitor) to have what would be a perfectly good working piece of equipment perform out of whack. Changing the ones that are out of spec and leaving in the other ones in doesn't make sense to me either. If one has reached its lifespan chances are are the ones that check good will also reach, and exceed their lifespan in short time. Why keep opening up a piece of equipment in order to change out 1 capacitor, when chances are anothers going to fail soon? The two technicians I use charge a very fair price for capacitor replacement. It's probably the cheapest part of equipment refurbishment. 73

[QUOTE="Sonar, post: 681598, member: 47153"] Some say if I ain't broke don't fix it. Problem with caps is they do have an expected life span. If a piece of equipment is a certain age, and has reached the point where capacitors could possibly, be out of spec change them. It only takes one (capacitor) to have what would be a perfectly good working piece of equipment perform out of whack. Changing the ones that are out of spec and leaving in the other ones in doesn't make sense to me either. If one has reached its lifespan chances are are the ones that check good will also reach, and exceed their lifespan in short time. Why keep opening up a piece of equipment in order to change out 1 capacitor, when chances are anothers going to fail soon? The two technicians I use charge a very fair price for capacitor replacement. It's probably the cheapest part of equipment refurbishment. 73 [/QUOTE]

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