Simon,
All true, but in our environment, we don't bother. By the time the
problem appears, the PC is at or near replacement time. Simply not cost
effective to spend that much on an obsolete computer.
All the "condensers" I've checked are the old coiled conductor/insulator
type. But they go bad too. I remember the late Gerry Guogen mentioning
in a tech session of buying a batch of NOS TC contact breaker plates
with the soldered condensers. Most were bad as the condensers had
deteriorated just sitting in the warehouse. Of course, this was for
decades, not just years.
Charles Hill
Simon Matthews wrote:
> Charles,
>
> The problem of electrolytic capacitors has been known for several
> years and doesn't seem to have been solved yet. There are people who
> offer capacitor replacement kits and capacitor replacement services.
> The kits are several times the price that the same set of caps can be
> purchased from Digi-key.
>
> The "condensers" in the ignition system are not electrolytic (I
> think), so they don't have the same problems.
>
> Simon
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