Stumbled on a stat that shocked me about capacitor failure rates

I was reading through a repair log from a shop in Austin last night and saw that nearly 40% of dead power supplies they get in have at least one bad cap. That number seems crazy high to me, but after thinking about all the blown caps I've pulled from old monitors, it kinda makes sense. Where do you guys usually see the worst capacitor problems in your repairs?

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hannahs7118d ago

Wait, aren't bad caps just the standard way power supplies say goodbye?

perez.christopher18d ago

Wait, aren't bad caps just part of the natural aging thing though...?