On Sun, 09 Feb 2020 15:34:37 -0000, Rod Speed wrote:



"Commander Kinsey" wrote in message
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On Sun, 09 Feb 2020 13:44:19 -0000, Rod Speed
wrote:

Cost.

Commander Kinsey wrote

Motherboards used them over a decade ago, so why do I still find leaking
electrolytics in TVs?

Cost.

https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/...herboard-line?

I tried to find the cheapest normal and solid capacitors on Ebay, as an
example 270uf, 16V:
Normal: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/123940375447
Solid: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/361349708743
£3.94 for normal, £3.83 for solid, so pretty much the same price.

That's not the prices that manufacturers pay,

Try alibaba.

Just did, again similar prices when buying 100,000 of them.

Sizing also almost equal: 12x9mm vs 12x8mm (the solid ones are slightly
smaller)