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  • PCBONEZ
    Grumpy Old Fart
    • Aug 2005
    • 10661
    • USA
    #1

    List of Bad Polymer Caps

    And the first contestant is; ELCON, EPL Series.

    https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?p=160946

    They even bloat!
    https://www.badcaps.net/forum/attach...3&d=1303094863

    http://www.tw-elcon.com/en/product.php#
    .
    Bottom of this page mentions "Samcon-Elcon"
    http://www.tw-elcon.com/en/index.php

    Which takes us here...
    http://www.samcon-hk.com/
    To see the data sheets...

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    Last edited by PCBONEZ; 04-18-2011, 11:25 PM.
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    • Topcat
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      • Oct 2003
      • 16956
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      #2
      Re: List of Bad Polymer Caps

      it will be interesting to see what starts to show up in this thread in the future...
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        • Uranium-235
          Comrade Glimmer
          • Aug 2007
          • 5042
          • US
          #3
          Re: List of Bad Polymer Caps

          I thought polymers explode, don't bloat. Those might be lytics in a polymer casing
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            • c_hegge
              Badcaps Legend
              • Sep 2009
              • 5219
              • Australia
              #4
              Re: List of Bad Polymer Caps

              They bloat, then explode, whereas lytics just vent.

              Originally posted by Topcat
              it will be interesting to see what starts to show up in this thread in the future...
              Assuming the thread doesn't die before we get too many. Sticky maybe?

              I have seen pictures of Apaq polys on ASUS motherboard exploded before. I'll see if I can dig it up.

              EDIT: Not the one I was thinking of, but here's one.
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              I love putting bad caps and flat batteries in fire and watching them explode!!

              No wonder it doesn't work! You installed the jumper wires backwards

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                • PCBONEZ
                  Grumpy Old Fart
                  • Aug 2005
                  • 10661
                  • USA
                  #5
                  Re: List of Bad Polymer Caps

                  Originally posted by Uranium-235
                  I thought polymers explode, don't bloat. Those might be lytics in a polymer casing
                  I've been looking at the chemistry they use.
                  Organic Polymer and [true] Solid Polymer are actually quite a bit different.
                  The Organic types can form Hydrogen inside just like Lytics.
                  [Which may be why some 'polymer' have vents.]
                  Depending on specifics the Organics can also get pretty toxic if they overheat.
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                    • Rulycat
                      Badcaps Veteran
                      • Apr 2010
                      • 724
                      • United Kingdom
                      #6
                      Re: List of Bad Polymer Caps

                      Do these respond to heat in the same way electrolytics do? Less heat, less chance of kaputing?

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                        • Per Hansson
                          Super Moderator
                          • Jul 2005
                          • 5895
                          • Sweden
                          #7
                          Re: List of Bad Polymer Caps

                          Originally posted by PCBONEZ
                          And the first contestant is; ELCON, EPL Series.

                          https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?p=160946

                          They even bloat!
                          Yea but the owner of that card linked above said he cooked it in the oven with the caps installed so no wonder they failed...
                          "The one who says it cannot be done should never interrupt the one who is doing it."

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                            • PCBONEZ
                              Grumpy Old Fart
                              • Aug 2005
                              • 10661
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                              #8
                              Re: List of Bad Polymer Caps

                              Oh Hell, - Delete this whole thing.
                              - Or at least change the title so the title can be used for said list.
                              .
                              By the time I saw photos I forgot he baked it.
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                                • Rulycat
                                  Badcaps Veteran
                                  • Apr 2010
                                  • 724
                                  • United Kingdom
                                  #9
                                  Re: List of Bad Polymer Caps

                                  Still would be good to keep a list of bad polymers though.

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                                    • PCBONEZ
                                      Grumpy Old Fart
                                      • Aug 2005
                                      • 10661
                                      • USA
                                      #10
                                      Re: List of Bad Polymer Caps

                                      Agreed, but this doesn't go in it.
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