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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 6:06 am Post subject: Strobes - Light Plane Maintenance Article-capacitor life

At 09:16 AM 8/24/2007 -0400, you wrote:



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Yes absolutely but...

Several people seemed to have problems shortly after first flight so I 

personally did power up my strobes every 6 months prior to flying. IIRC 

aeroflash did recommend that.  However I'm sensitive to the issue because 

I have replaced failed electrolytics in consumer electronics in as little 

as 3 years from manufacture. Last week it was a little used photocopier. 

Previous to that was a DVD player.  One of my favorite

troubleshooting tools has become a little in circuit ESR (equivalent 

series resistance) tester for capacitors. I think it was a kit from Bob 

Parker for well under a $100.

Ken


	


   . . . but was dormant, long term storage the proximate cause

   of failure? I've replaced a ton of capacitors in my career

   but I can recall no situation where I might have attributed

   the part's demise to long term inactivity followed by an

   indiscriminate power up.



   Bob . . .

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