In the past five to ten years, there has been a big shakeout in the capacitor industry with at least 15 major manufacturers ceasing production for various reasons. Product lines have also been ...

Anyone who’s worked with older tube-based equipment will be familiar with the type of vintage electrolytic capacitor which integrated several capacitors into one can. Long obsolete, they can be bought ...

Workbench contributor and engineer Duke Evans writes that he has repaired many a circuit board trace with bare wire. In his years of circuit board repairs, Duke has also noted that some older ...

The rush to replace tantalum in mid-value capacitors is leading companies along two separate paths, with both trying to get away from traditional electrolytic construction methods. Epcos, based in ...

Part of the company's ElectroFilm Series, the UNL, UPP, and UPE power film capacitors offer a typical ESR from 5.0 to 14.0 mW and a current-ripple capability from 13.8 to 39.2 A rms at ...

Your Coleman-Mach RV air conditioner depends on properly rated, healthy capacitors to start and run efficiently. Recognizing the types, specifications, and early signs of failure can prevent costly ...

Fig. 1: Spurious emissions seen on the exciter RF output. One of the biggest hassles in maintaining older equipment is getting it repaired when it fails. A lot of companies don’t even want to deal ...