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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Hello:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Some great info coming out of list members. I
was going to remark that declaring parts 'good' or 'bad' is relative, if they
don't obviously fail catastrophically.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>When one is overhauling Collin sequipment for
top dollar, or being neurotic about one's audio equipment, one may not want to
compromise. Parts can deteriorate and be out of tolerance with respect to
capacitance, leakage current, ESR, etc. They are not necessarily 'bad' because
of age.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Considering NOS twist-lock multi-sections for a
few dollars vs. about $20 for new ones, one can decide whether one wants to make
slight compromises on ones' own equipment. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>I would not suggest very old electrolytics in
something more stressful like an off line switching supply with high ripple
currant at high frequencies.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Furthermore, when reforming, I have always taken
a quick look at the leakage spec (Ileak <=0.08 CV to 0.1CV for modern caps)
for a quick mental comparison on limiting the current while reforming. I don't
know what the spec was for typical OLD caps (like decades older than the NOS
ones considered for replacement), but I assume it was worse (meaning higher
leakage current is probably acceptable).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>If I was paying top dollar to have something
overhauled, yeah, I'd want new parts...I'd want to get as much life out of my
hard earned overhaul as I could. But if was cheaping out on my own basement
project, I'd think twice about paying top dollar for several new multisection
twistlocks...they might cost more than </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>the project was worth!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Murray</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>