Vintage equipment relies on many components to run properly, Chuck Gloman writes. Let’s focus today on what capacitors do in ...

Australia’s Electronics News (www.electronicsnews.com.au) recently reported that capacitor failure was partially to blame for the major railway system delays in Sydney on April 12, 2011. According to ...

It is a well-known reality of rescuing certain older electronic devices that, at some point, you’re likely going to have to replace a busted capacitor. This is the stage [Kevin] is at in the 3rd ...

Anyone who works with older electronic equipment will before long learn to spot Rifa capacitors, a distinctive yellow-translucent component often used in mains filters, that is notorious for failures.

For the multitude of you that have already experienced capacitor death on an abit board, how long does it take to go from initial leak to dead board? I've got a ~2yr old KT7-raid that, to date, has ...