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The Time Capsule hardware doesn't really have a refresh cycle. It can be as little as a few months or as long as a few years with the current hardware.
 
You can check the Wiki article for Time Capsule to see when it was refreshed. I would know, I recently made a similar post to yours in the Buying Advice forum.
 
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