XPost: sci.electronics.basics, comp.sci.electronics, alt.electronics
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Capacitors seem to be the electronic component most likely to fail. My late EE'64 (and before that submariner) uncle used to tap them with the back of
his screwdriver to find which one failed. Most often, they were what was
wrong.

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