I have been playing around with electronics for many years and as a result I have collected a large number of components salvaged
from various devices that were cannibalized. The question I have is which components are more susceptible to old age than others? I suspect capacitors would be on the top of the list and I tend to try and use new(ish) ones if possible. I recently bought a kit of metal film 1% resistors and now I can finally toss some of those old resistors that probably came out of old valve radios. Lol. Giving away my age here!
from various devices that were cannibalized. The question I have is which components are more susceptible to old age than others? I suspect capacitors would be on the top of the list and I tend to try and use new(ish) ones if possible. I recently bought a kit of metal film 1% resistors and now I can finally toss some of those old resistors that probably came out of old valve radios. Lol. Giving away my age here!
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