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Offline METopic starter

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putting good caps in paralell with bad.
« on: May 04, 2025, 02:24:22 am »
I have this dead stabilock SI4011 coms test set that fails a few self tests ,It has some smd electrolytic caps that measure almost open , ie>10 ohm esr ,can i tack new caps in paralell with the bad ones for testing , untill my new caps arrive?.
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Re: putting good caps in paralell with bad.
« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2025, 03:09:44 am »
As a temporary test sure.
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Re: putting good caps in paralell with bad.
« Reply #2 on: May 04, 2025, 03:22:06 am »
In general I think that electrolytic capacitors tend to fail open rather than short, so that is probably OK.
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Re: putting good caps in paralell with bad.
« Reply #3 on: May 04, 2025, 10:12:04 am »
Why bother ?   
If you got new parts anyway, do no take any risks, and remove the old ones.
If those leak, you will have much more work to clean all the mess
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