capacitor plague
nounDefinitions
Premature failure of an electrolytic capacitor, especially when several are beginning to…
Premature failure of an electrolytic capacitor, especially when several are beginning to fail at the same time in a piece of equipment (due, for example, to high demands imposed by the circuit design, such as in a switchmode power supply), necessitating "re-capping" (i.e. replacing many capacitors after disconnecting the power and waiting for lethal charge to dissipate).
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for capacitor plague. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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