• Re: Magic smoke!

    From Leon@3:633/10 to scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us on Friday, September 12, 2025 05:17:18
    From: nobody@nobody.com

    "scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us" wrote:

    2) Really old devices (mostly running on vacuum tubes instead of
    solid-state
    devices) that used wax- or plastic-covered paper capacitors in which
    failure of the wax covering would cause the paper dielectric to
    absorb
    moisture, altering its properties.

    About a year later... Learned something interesting today..

    Leon

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