Mixing Panasonic FC/FM/FR ?

[Greeno]

Hi all

Just a quick and possibly stupid question:

I'm re-capping a monitor power supply and I can't get all the values I need in just one of these series - is there any reason I shouldn't mix them?



Thanks

[diif]

Re: Mixing Panasonic FC/FM/FR ?

No and it's ok to mix different makes too.

[selldoor]

Re: Mixing Panasonic FC/FM/FR ?

No - we often say to do that - you often cant get all values in all series and cant get
all physical sizes in all series. so often do say use FR FM and FC in that order.
Best to worse ( but still very good. If you still cant find what you need try Rubycon

[selldoor]

Re: Mixing Panasonic FC/FM/FR ?

If you are ordering £5 worth of stuff have a look at CPC - they have free post

[stj]

Re: Mixing Panasonic FC/FM/FR ?

dont forget FK, they are important because they are the smaller ones.

if you can go all FR & FK you get the longest life.

[Greeno]

Re: Mixing Panasonic FC/FM/FR ?

I thought that was probably the case - thanks for the reassurance!

[mockingbird]

Re: Mixing Panasonic FC/FM/FR ?

dont forget FK, they are important because they are the smaller ones.

if you can go all FR & FK you get the longest life.

FM is superior in every way to FK. So only use FK if you need a small diameter that doesn't exist in FM/FR, because it is usually significantly more expensive.