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Old 10-03-2011, 11:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Phil Nelson View Post
...Let me know if you think it works well enough to be worth restoring. ...
Absolutely! I mostly use it to test mica caps. It's nice to know if the originals are really bad before trying to try down replacements with oddball values.

I think this is the first time I ever bothered to test electrolytics. It was interesting to see how much better new caps test compared to vintage ones.
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