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  • Krankshaft
    Badcaps Legend
    • Jan 2007
    • 2328
    • USA

    #1

    Capxon Capacitors?

    What do you guys think of Capxon capacitors or as I call them Crapxon capacitors .

    No doubt they're trying to play off the Samxon name.

    I have read in the bad caps sticky that they are on the bad caps list but I have read in other places. Where people think they're ok and use them on power supply recaps.

    I personally stay away from them I'm more of a Nippon Chemicon/Panasonic kinda guy.

    What are your thoughts?
    Last edited by Krankshaft; 09-28-2007, 01:51 PM.
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  • willawake
    Super Modulator
    • Nov 2003
    • 8457
    • Greece

    #2
    Re: Capxon Capacitors?

    i think they are ok in psu never seen them in anything else. i think they were before samxon though?

    nobody took issue with rubyCON nichiCON chemiCON so what the hell....
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    • toastygoodness
      Badcaps Veteran
      • Jul 2005
      • 813
      • United States

      #3
      Re: Capxon Capacitors?

      haha i've always wondered the what the con meant.

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      • yanz
        Badcaps Veteran
        • Nov 2004
        • 910

        #4
        Re: Capxon Capacitors?

        for me, i have found same failed capxon caps on several psus so i dont consider them as good caps.

        the blue capxon can fail with visible damage. the black one can fail without showing any sign of damage.
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        • PCBONEZ
          Grumpy Old Fart
          • Aug 2005
          • 10661
          • USA

          #5
          Re: Capxon Capacitors?

          >> rubyCON nichiCON chemiCON <<
          >> i've always wondered the what the con meant <<

          CONdenser - The old name for caps. [Still used in some places I think.]
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          • Krankshaft
            Badcaps Legend
            • Jan 2007
            • 2328
            • USA

            #6
            Re: Capxon Capacitors?

            Oh duh .

            I know the name condenser since I used to repair and read old tube radio service manuals where they referred to them as condensers.

            An even funnier thing I read in an old manual was something to the extent of.

            When you are soldering wires together and you need a third hand.

            They said to hold the wires together with one hand with the soldering iron in the other and to put the solder in your mouth and bring the solder into contact with the wires.

            Solder + Mouth = Bad
            Elements of the past and the future combining to make something not quite as good as either.

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            • PCBONEZ
              Grumpy Old Fart
              • Aug 2005
              • 10661
              • USA

              #7
              Re: Capxon Capacitors?

              I've been known to put the iron in my mouth...
              .. but not just after holding it with my toes.
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              - We should be more concerned about the Intellectual Climate.

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              • anchorbeach
                New Member
                • Nov 2009
                • 1

                #8
                Re: Capxon Capacitors?

                CrapXon is a good name for these elctrolyitical turds.
                I replaced them on mother boards, power supplies and audio boards. They are garbage.
                My $2000 42 inch Samsung commercial grade monitor is filled with them. I just replaced a half dozen of them and they took out the motherboard for the MajicNet feature along with them. Lucky I have a spare board

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                • Chuck F.
                  New Member
                  • Nov 2009
                  • 5

                  #9
                  Re: Capxon Capacitors?

                  On the weekend I picked up an Viewsonic 17" LCD monitor cheap which I've fixed already. Replaced a couple of Capxon's that had a bit of crusty brown residue on top. Monitor was a little short of four years old. Not a bad little unit, the base needs some weights.
                  Chuck

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                  • i4004
                    Badcaps Legend
                    • Oct 2006
                    • 2029

                    #10
                    Re: Capxon Capacitors?

                    >No doubt they're trying to play off the Samxon name.

                    yes, there is doubt, because (same as willa said) i think they're acutally older than samxon...

                    >What do you guys think of Capxon capacitors or as I call them Crapxon capacitors

                    there are much better companies, and much worse(with more screwed up series ie overall bigger number of junk caps in the field)...

                    stay away if you can do better.

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                    • gblades
                      New Member
                      • Feb 2008
                      • 8

                      #11
                      Re: Capxon Capacitors?

                      I reconditioned the powersupply in my Thompson Sky HD satellite received at the weekend. These boxes are well known to have poor power supplies.
                      All the capacitors were capxon and I replaced all 15 of them. Two were so bad the ESR meter thought they were still in circuit. One other had a poor ESR and one had a poor ESR and a cap readong of almost half what it should have.

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                      • seb30
                        New Member
                        • Apr 2010
                        • 2

                        #12
                        Re: Capxon Capacitors?

                        I repaired an Acer AL1916W by replacing C200, a failed 220uF CapXon.
                        They must be on the bad list.
                        SeB.

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                        • cjb2611
                          New Member
                          • Jun 2011
                          • 1

                          #13
                          Re: Capxon Capacitors?

                          Just stripped down my Philips WC3500D Micro Hi Fi and replaced 3 failed CapXon's on the Power Supply. All had bulging tops and one had brown residue on the top. These caps are rubbish.
                          Last edited by cjb2611; 06-07-2011, 03:36 PM.

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                          • Evil Lurker
                            Warranty Voider
                            • Feb 2011
                            • 454

                            #14
                            Re: Capxon Capacitors?

                            Yup, they are garbage. Just got done replacing the caps on a Westinghouse TV power supply... got caps in there now scavenged off other junked PCB's... god only knows what their rated at series wise but hey it comes on now.

                            Seen enough of them failed to add them to my crap caps ranking list... they are somewhat better than fuckyoos and worse or about the same as OST.

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                            • FrodoOne
                              New Member
                              • Jun 2011
                              • 1

                              #15
                              Re: Capxon Capacitors?

                              Forum members may be interested in the following posts on
                              http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/24...-light-flashes
                              relating to problem with capacitors in a ViewSonic VX922 monitors.
                              The solution given there by 'drumerman' on 17 December 2008 is a number of faulty capacitors in the power supply.
                              At least one other on this site ('graw2' on 9 August 2010) has advised that these capacitors are all CapXon and I can verify this, since I have just replaced five swollen CapX capacitors in a faulty ViewSonic VX922 monitor.

                              I am well aware that capacitors with faults of this nature have been around for over five years but this is the first time I have become aware of at least one of the brands involved.

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                              • PCBONEZ
                                Grumpy Old Fart
                                • Aug 2005
                                • 10661
                                • USA

                                #16
                                Re: Capxon Capacitors?

                                Actually faults of this nature have been around closer to 90 years.
                                Just wasn't in the news.
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                                • RJARRRPCGP
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                                  • Jul 2004
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                                  #17
                                  Re: Capxon Capacitors?

                                  Originally posted by willawake
                                  i think they were before samxon though?
                                  I believe the same here.
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                                  • Digital Technophile
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                                    • May 2011
                                    • 144

                                    #18
                                    Re: Capxon Capacitors?

                                    I had these GL and KM series condensitors in my Samsung Syncmaster 906BW. The two standing up were bulging from both ends. Fortunately the monitor stopped powering on before they completely burst. I did have the sense to replace them with Nichicon caps. I did the recap before joining the forum. I ended up using Nichicon HE's for the bigger ones and PW's for the smaller ones. I haven't had problems since.

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                                    • PCBONEZ
                                      Grumpy Old Fart
                                      • Aug 2005
                                      • 10661
                                      • USA

                                      #19
                                      Re: Capxon Capacitors?

                                      condensitors is cooler than capacitators.
                                      Mann-Made Global Warming.
                                      - We should be more concerned about the Intellectual Climate.

                                      -
                                      Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.

                                      - Dr Seuss
                                      -
                                      You can teach a man to fish and feed him for life, but if he can't handle sushi you must also teach him to cook.
                                      -

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                                      • Digital Technophile
                                        revrse engineer
                                        • May 2011
                                        • 144

                                        #20
                                        Re: Capxon Capacitors?

                                        Originally posted by PCBONEZ
                                        condensitors is cooler than capacitators.
                                        Yeah, but capacitators do make good salads, don't you find?
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