Re: HP35 HP45 battery charger. Random display values. Message #3 Posted by Bernhard on 26 Oct 2005, 2:19 p.m., in response to message #2 by Arnaud Amiel
Drying out is the fate of every non-hermetically sealed electrolytic capacitor. Some last 20 years, some 30 years, but their death is inevitable.
My experience with Classics chargers is that if they are used, and the
seal of the electrolytic capacitor is already a bit deteriorated, then the heat produced by the charger will quickly finish them.
Dying electrolytic capacitors can make quite a mess. Best mode to handle this problem is perhaps to exchange them against new ones as a routine precaution, even if the charger still appears to work.
Woodstock chargers contain only a transformer and no electrolytic capacitors.
Regards,
Bernhard
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