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doubt joystick aa battery wireless 2.4ghz

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1) Does the wireless AA battery Joystick with 2.4ghz dongle have electrolytic capacitors in its construction?

2) Does using a 2.4ghz wireless dongle for two joysticks simultaneously overload the dongle cause it to heat up and shorten the life of the dongle?
 
1) Does the wireless AA battery Joystick with 2.4ghz dongle have electrolytic capacitors in its construction?
Ummm, how are we supposed to know that? You didn't even tell us which joystick you have. But even if we knew which joystick, I doubt anyone here would know what type capacitors it has, unless they had one in their possession, opened the joystick up and had a look - which you could do yourself.
2) Does using a 2.4ghz wireless dongle for two joysticks simultaneously overload the dongle cause it to heat up and shorten the life of the dongle?
No. And that's assuming you could pair two joysticks to one dongle. But again, without knowing a single thing about the joysticks, or the dongle, we would have no clue if it supports 2 at once.

Edit comment: Fixed typo and added a bit for clarification - B_B.
 
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Probably and no.
 
1) Does the wireless AA battery Joystick with 2.4ghz dongle have electrolytic capacitors in its construction?
As Bill said, you won't know unless you open the controller. Or somehow get the manufacturer to tell you (good luck). Why is this a problem anyway?
2) Does using a 2.4ghz wireless dongle for two joysticks simultaneously overload the dongle cause it to heat up and shorten the life of the dongle?
No. The Xbox wireless dongle for Windows supports 8 simultaneous controllers and still does not have any issues. 2.4GHz communication between a controller and receiver is peanuts compared to 2.4GHz wifi for example.

I am sure you can find some dollar store quality junk with issues. But buy any half decent product and this is a non-issue.
 
I'm afraid to open it and I don't know how to assemble it and I also can't open it because of the warranty
Since you are unwilling to open it (and there's no shame in that), then why worry about it? Even if there are electrolytic caps in there, what would you do with that information? Electrolytic caps are used in many circuits because they are best suited for the particular purpose that device serves. So it is not like you can simply swap them out for a different type cap and expect the device to still work.

If the worry is leaking (or exploding) electrolytic caps, that is primarily a problem from decades ago - not today. ESPECIALLY when used in devices that would not experience excessive heat or current. And there sure would NOT be excessive heat or current in a joystick.
 
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