There's no way that quality caps are going to fail in anything under 10 years I would think.
As mentioned by @andrewb a Variac is indespensible In this endeavor I believe, and I would add to that an ESR meter.
Having well labeled parts bins also is critical to this, as overflow from other projects will become valuable in the future.
I'm still ordering double what I need for parts because I still suck at this stuff and make a mess sometimes.
I asked recently in another thread for a "suits most" list of components for this kind of thing. And i'm still hoping someone comes up with one!
As mentioned by @andrewb a Variac is indespensible In this endeavor I believe, and I would add to that an ESR meter.
Having well labeled parts bins also is critical to this, as overflow from other projects will become valuable in the future.
I'm still ordering double what I need for parts because I still suck at this stuff and make a mess sometimes.
I asked recently in another thread for a "suits most" list of components for this kind of thing. And i'm still hoping someone comes up with one!


