Hello,
Electectrolitic capacitors may dry out over time and loose a lot of their capacity.
It is hard to tell what type of capacitor you have on the pictures.
The capsite can tell you more about capacitors:
https://iequalscdvdt.com/
Bertus
Hello,
I do not know where the servers are located.
I do know they use cloudflare to have fast access from all countries over the world.
Only @eerob knows where the servers are located, as he does all the technical stuff of the websites of the group.
Bertus
Hello,
Indeed, there has been a change.
The forum has been merged with an other electronics forum.
The owner will make an official announcement soon.
Bertus
Hello,
The internet archive has some books on the arduino.
From beginner books to very advanced books:
https://archive.org/search?query=opensource+arduino&and%5B%5D=mediatype%3A%22texts%22&and%5B%5D=language%3A%22English%22
Bertus
Hello,
Yes, there are more books available over there:
https://archive.org/details/opensource?tab=collection&query=electronics&and%5B%5D=language%3A%22English%22
A well known series is from neets:
https://archive.org/details/neetsmodules_202003/NEETS%20MOD%201%20NAVEDTRA%2014173A/mode/1up
Bertus
Hello,
This booklet is a nice reference, with a lot of formulas used in electronics:
https://archive.org/details/analog_engineers_pocket_reference
Bertus