http://redrival.com/mcgahee/

That addy will get you to teh projects page

Joe
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kev" <KKlopp@EROLS.COM>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 4:12 PM
Subject: Re: [OT] Short life on electrolytic caps


> Cap Meter or ESR meter will help find failed/ marginal caps.  There is
even
> a PIC project to build a cap meter, just don't have the address handy.
>
> Kev
> HKC Inc
>
> >         >
> >         >How can I tell if it's the caps?
> >
> >
> >         Your first clue would be if any have exploded, bulged, or
ruptured
> > their
> >         tops.
> >         After that, you'll likely need a schematic, and a meter at
least,
> to
> > track
> >         down the problem
> >
> > You forgot colour change - quiet or failed Sanyo TV sound was always
easy
> to
> > fix, you just looked for the grey cap in amoungest the pink ones.  The
> dried
> > out caps heated up and changed the wrapper colour as they failed.
> >
> > Bye.
> >