Favourite Bulk Capacaitors

[Lee Majors]

Hi Guys,

Just repaired a Turntable for audio HiFi, The Panasonic FC series capacitor is 3mm to tall. What are your favorite Brand / Series for Bulk smoothing capacitors (after bridge rectifier)...?

Your favorites?

[petehall347]

Re: Favourite Bulk Capacaitors

epcos

[stj]

Re: Favourite Bulk Capacaitors

i like pana FR
cheaper than FC but better.
or for rare cases where the esr is too low, i look to rubycon YXF or YXG series

[Lee Majors]

Re: Favourite Bulk Capacaitors

Both the Pana FR and Epcos have extremely good specs, FR 105° 10,000hrs great ripple and low ESR. The same for Epcos 125° 7000hrs great ripple and low ESR. They are pretty much on par.

I will look into this Brand epcos a little more as I dont know much about them. The Pana FR Vs FC seem to have a lot of debate, but the FR series definitely better specd, quite impressive I have to say!

[stj]

Re: Favourite Bulk Capacaitors

FR are too new to know yet, bit FC will leak out at the legs after a decade or 2
i'v seen it many times in sega dreamcast and silicone-graphics psu's

[Lee Majors]

Re: Favourite Bulk Capacaitors

Noted

[spiros.p]

Re: Favourite Bulk Capacaitors

i use a lots of FR PANASONIC NIPPON CHEM SMM-KMQ .NICHICON GU KEMMET and recently SAMXON WL and BC 136KO series all very good caps but i must say fr panasonics and bc is impressive.

[slybunda]

Re: Favourite Bulk Capacaitors

FR are too new to know yet, bit FC will leak out at the legs after a decade or 2
i'v seen it many times in sega dreamcast and silicone-graphics psu's

iv got a pretty much brand new dreamcast in storage, only been run a few hours at most. would that be in the zone for capacitor issues?

[stj]

Re: Favourite Bulk Capacaitors

i would check it.
if you are in a 100 or 110/120v country take some psu pics - i'v only seen european ones and curious if they are actually full-range and just not marked that way.

[прямо]

Re: Favourite Bulk Capacaitors

Chemicon KZ. I used to use Panasonic FC/FJ/FK/FM a lot, but they get pricier because they are harder to source here (authentic ones) unless I go online and buy them from Mouser, but after shipping fee and GST added in, they're just not cost effective, for an example if you're DIY a capacitance multiplier PSU.

Chemicon KZ OTOH are mass produced locally, at the factory they built here. The same goes with Samyoung/Samwha (Samsung) caps, these I forget which series that are good and have low ESR, tho I find them often when repairing LG and Samsung TV and monitor power supplies and they have a brown or a black sleeve with a silver print.

[lti]

Re: Favourite Bulk Capacaitors

I just get the cheapest thing that physically fits. If it's something I care about, I'll use one of the Japanese brands (usually Rubycon). I've never used TDK/Epcos caps, but I've seen their snap-in caps used in industrial equipment (along with Cornell Dubilier - just make sure you're getting CDE brand instead of Mallory because Mallory caps are just Yageo/Kemet with a huge markup).