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Originally Posted by compu_85
Also, I wonder why all the caps are "high" voltage? Surly the module runs at 5-12v internally?
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The higher voltage generally means the capacitors last longer under heavy use. I wondered about this too, and looked it up in my electronics text books. So theoretically a 22 μF 12v capacitor will go bad before a 22 μF 63v capacitor, even though the circuit never goes above 12v.
As per checking anything else, I did not, because logic would dictate that I would have to remove each component first before testing (since the current from the meter can travel other routes in the circuit if the component is still installed...)