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Post #4 by James1095
Source Forum68kMLA
CategoryHardware
Post DateMon, 21 Jan 2013 - 09:44
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/an-idea-header-epoxy-easily-replaceable-cap.27121/
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That's a lot of work and additional potential failure points to avoid a bit of soldering every 20-30 years. Modern capacitors are better than the old ones ever were, and while tantalum capacitors *can* fail, as can chips and transistors and anything else, but they're certainly not a wear item. I have lots of old stuff with 30+ year old tantalum caps that still work fine.

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