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I thought I'd seen the last of them
Excavatoree:
I saw a wireless access point at a charity shop for only 5 US dollars that was nicer than the one I am using, so I thought, what the heck. I checked the AC adaptor before trying it and found It was dead. I couldn't resist cracking it open, and I found them - C(r)apXon capacitors! I've replaced a lot of them over the years, but I thought I'd seen the last of them - I didn't expect to see two more.
Whales:
CapXon CapXoff.
They are very much still active. I presume their formulations are better than in the past. They're just one of many lower-tier capacitor makers, not much more to say than that.
tooki:
--- Quote from: Whales on July 11, 2022, 02:39:46 am ---CapXon CapXoff.
They are very much still active. I presume their formulations are better than in the past. They're just one of many lower-tier capacitor makers, not much more to say than that.
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FYI that’s just a link to all 29000 electrolytics LCSC carries. Whatever filters you applied aren’t reflected in the URL.
Berni:
All the crappy electrolytic cap manufacturers probably fixed there electrolytic formulations by now.
In the 2000s some manufacturers badly cloned the design of good capacitors. There are stories of industrial espionage where the electrolyte formula was stolen from Rubycon, got mangled along the way, then they used the slightly wrong formula to produce caps.
Whales:
--- Quote from: tooki on July 11, 2022, 06:12:31 am ---
--- Quote from: Whales on July 11, 2022, 02:39:46 am ---CapXon CapXoff.
They are very much still active. I presume their formulations are better than in the past. They're just one of many lower-tier capacitor makers, not much more to say than that.
--- End quote ---
FYI that’s just a link to all 29000 electrolytics LCSC carries. Whatever filters you applied aren’t reflected in the URL.
--- End quote ---
*rustles through box of excuses*
Ahah!
--- Quote from: Berni on July 11, 2022, 06:31:44 am ---All the crappy electrolytic cap manufacturers probably fixed there electrolytic formulations by now.
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It'd be interesting to do an accelerated-death shootout and see what happens. Eg 20degC above their ratings and see if their life is the ~1/4 expected or if they boil & misbehave in much faster ways.
I'd really love to see an at-actual-rated-temp comparison, but that would take most of a year.
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