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Default Who makes RELIABLE modern electrolytic caps?

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On 2/11/19 9:43 AM, Ralph Mowery wrote:
Remember the computer boards that had capacitors
on them that only lasted about a year ? A friend and I had to send back
several boards to one of the big computer board and part suppliers , but
that was about 20 yars ago.


That wasn't because of modern capacitors.
That was because the bean counters at Dell went with
cheap counterfeit caps that were ****.




The origional post was about which brands were the best.

That is why I said not all modern capacitors would last. I am sure
there are lots of crap China brands of capacitors. I probably bought
some a few months back, but they go in my hobby electronics.

The boards I sent back were not Dell. They were some boards from a
company that sold computer boards and parts that I put together a
computer. The boards were high rated before the capacitor problem. I
think lots of companies had the cpacitor problem from that particular
capacitor company.

One of the main things is that the switching supplies or high
temperature are the main killers of the capacitors.

Any of the good brand capacitors should last longer than most of us will
be around.