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That capacitor trick my mentor swore by ended up saving me 3 hours on a dead power supply last night

Old Mike from the shop down the street told me to always check the 400V caps first in switched supplies. I figured he was just being lazy but after chasing a blown fuse for 2 hours I finally pulled the big cap and sure enough it was reading 0 ohms. Has anyone else found that the obvious fix is usually the right one?
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kai657
kai6571d ago
Was it REALLY a dead cap or just a cold solder joint you missed?
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miles581
miles5811d ago
Nah I checked the solder joints first, cap was toast.
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