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Offline Jan AudioTopic starter

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Fresh elko`s each project ?
« on: March 29, 2020, 01:47:52 pm »
Hi, do you order every time new elektrolithyc capacitors for each project ?
I have 10 year old ones laying around, should i throw them away ?
I was so dumb to order 300 to stock-pile.

How do you order ?
 

Offline Siwastaja

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Re: Fresh elko`s each project ?
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2020, 01:52:26 pm »
10 year old is OK if originally not crap.

If you are unsure, you can condition them by slowly charging them up to the rated voltage with a current-limiting series resistor (like 10k or something), but I wouldn't bother for 10-year old stuff.

If you are actually making products and sell them, then I would be careful if you go much beyond that 10 years...

Electrolytic caps are widely used in almost every product, and the products don't just go bad in ten years. Most work fine for 50 years or so, with some exceptions, but they are more exceptions than a rule.
 

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Re: Fresh elko`s each project ?
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2020, 02:23:04 pm »
Ah betters, i almost used them all.
Euro-chemcon is good quality.
 


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