Assertion: capacitor | /r/Causes | equipment
Facets:
value: to malfunction
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: In older equipment, this tended to cause hum and degraded operation; modern equipment, in particular switch-mode power supplies, is very sensitive to ESR, and a capacitor with high ESR can cause equipment to malfunction or cause permanent damage requiring repair, typically by causing power supply voltages to become excessively high.