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Old 08-17-2017, 08:09 AM
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Default PCBs and AC capacitors: did PCB's screw us out of reliable capacitors?


Hello TOTVers,

Thanks to all for making this an engaging and productive site.

In an earlier post I paid $314 to A Well Known AC Servcie to get (basically) a capacitor changed. The feedback is that the going rate is $130.

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In the process it seems that's lots of folks are familiar with the AC's capacitor issue -- "happens all the time".

Then someone (I'll research more thoroughly when "I get a round tuit") -- then a TOTVer said capacitors used to be made with PCBs and were life-time reliable.

Did PCB "over-reaction" screw us out of reliable capacitors, and hence reliable AC?
Last edited by Bog99; 08-18-2017 at 01:52 PM.