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"scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us" wrote:

> 2) Really old devices (mostly running on vacuum tubes instead of
> solid-state
>    devices) that used wax- or plastic-covered paper capacitors in which
>    failure of the wax covering would cause the paper dielectric to
> absorb
>    moisture, altering its properties.

About a year later...  Learned something interesting today..

Leon