Subj : Re: Price Piece in your c
To   : vorlon
From : Spectre
Date : Sun May 22 2022 13:29:00

 vo> A lot of electronics from that period have these issues, it was called
 vo> "The great capacitor plauge"

 vo> "The capacitor plague was a problem related to a higher-than-expected
 vo> failure rate of non-solid aluminium electrolytic capacitor's, between
 vo> 1999 and 2007, especially those from some Taiwanese manufacturers,
 vo> due to faulty electrolyte composition that caused corrosion accompanied
 vo> by gas generation, often rupturing the case of the capacitor from the
 vo> build-up of pressure."

The story I got on this a long time ago... was that it was caused by
industrial espionage.. I don't recall now by who and from whom... but it was
meant to be an experimental electrolyte that the competition lifted from
somewhere and decided it looked right, it was cheaper and everyone then ran
with it not having much option price point wise... The rest as they say is
history... If I also recall right, it only took a couple of years for them to
start failing..

Spec


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