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Capacitors fail either open or short.

Failing open will pretty much always not damage any other circuitry.

Failing short will usually not damage other circuitry, since usually a fuse will blow or the power supply refuse to start.

For the above reasons, I wouldn't preemptively change capacitors. From an effort point of view, changing them in the unlikely event of a failure is far less than changing them all 'just because'.



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