[Mgs] MGA sputtering engine and bad replacement parts

[The Roxter]

Charles Hill wrote:
> Simon,
> All true, but in our environment, we don't bother.  By the time the 
> problem appears, the PC is at or near replacement time.  Simply not 
> cost effective to spend that much on an obsolete computer.
> All the "condensers" I've checked are the old coiled 
> conductor/insulator type.  But they go bad too.  I remember the late 
> Gerry Guogen mentioning in a tech session of buying a batch of NOS TC 
> contact breaker plates with the soldered condensers.  Most were bad as 
> the condensers had deteriorated just sitting in the warehouse. Of 
> course, this was for decades, not just years. 
I have always wondered why we call a capacitor a "condenser" just because it's on a car.

-The Roxter
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