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Tech-repair firms like to tell people that this problem is caused by power surges?blaming the victim. Do a Google search on bad capacitor electrolyte or a similar combination of terms to see what is going on. It seems these bad caps are also found in some camcorders, VCRs, and other electronic gear. When they fail, the entire board fails. There is evidence that the first batch of bad capacitors appeared in 2001, and one repair person in Utah says he's replaced 40,000 bad caps already. Geez.
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Let's see, most 9-to-5 people work about 2000 hours a year. Say 1.5 years have elapsed since capacitors started failing - that would be about 3000 working hours.
To have replaced 40,000 caps in that period, he would be doing roughly one each 5 minutes. Diagnose and repair in just 5 minutes with surface-mounted components????
That's unbelievable unless there were a substantial team of people working.
Hyperbole seems to have set in.
Does sound like a worrisome situation, nevertheless.
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