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Capacitor electrolytics. Air bubbles in silicon, thermal expansion, and a zillion day night cycles. Humidity and dust enter, contributing to occasional moment
by brians 9y ago
Capacitor electrolytics.
Air bubbles in silicon, thermal expansion, and a zillion day night cycles.
Humidity and dust enter, contributing to occasional momentary shorts.
Oxidation anywhere you have electromechanical connections.
Magnetic stresses on any coil, any rectifier.
- kazinator 9y agoTransistor aging: https://spectrum.ieee.org/semiconductors/processors/transistor-aging https://spectrum.ieee.org/semiconductors/processors/transist... (Not likely to affect anything you'd mount on a bicycle, over any span of time relevant to a bicycle.)