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  • mariushm
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    Bung is not correct.

    United Chemicon bung as far as i know has channels in the form of a T:

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  • ant3202
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    kaoz.... those Chemicon....

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  • Jooo
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    Fake / counterfeit capacitors are getting better

    Usually, there is always something visually wrong with a counterfeit capacitor.

    However, these capacitors look perfectly genuine on the outside.
    There seems to be nothing wrong, bung is correct, vent is correct, printing is correct and high quality.

    Luckily, always when I buy capacitors from questionable distributors (china) I measure them with my ESR / Capacitance meter.
    This time I noticed something weird: these 1000uF capacitors only measure approx 500uF.

    Dont be like me, always buy your capacitors from reputable distributors or straight from the manufacturer!
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    Last edited by Jooo; 11-18-2013, 07:31 AM.

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