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I suspect that maybe one in a thousand people have the tools and wherewithal to open the case of an electronic device and replace a broken capacitor.

• DougBTX 14y ago
  Far fewer than that would know 1) which components are capacitors, 2) be able to tell which capacitor was broken.
  • Natsu 14y ago
    A blown electrolytic cap is not hard to diagnose. The top of it pops open and crap comes out of it. I figured out both what they are and how to tell if one has been blown when I was a teenager, all by myself, sans internet.
  • astrodust 14y ago
    Even fewer would have the equipment to fix it and the determination to source the part. A fraction of those would have the skill to pull off a successful replacement.