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Finding And Replacing Faulty Capacitors – Switch-Mode Power Supply Repair Hints

Posted on July 4, 2010 by Mark Lawton

You switch on a power supply, or some appliance with a power supply in it, and nothing happens! what has happened 9 times out of 10?

Simple generally… The capacitor(s) have failed, or gone high in (ESR) effective series resistance) Continue reading →

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