[Lefty]

Terry;

Interesting. We have been seeing SMT components showning up in most all the newer gear we use at work (industrial process control stuff) and dislike them mostly because replacement is pretty risky without proper equipment and training. Component level troubleshooting is getting to be a lost art. Remove and replace seems to be the solution these days.

So how did those caps fail? open circuit, short circuit, change value?

Lefty