What are the chances that plague capacitors are still in stock and being sold?
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Originally posted by stj View Postdepends on your source - ebay probably cant be trusted.
And while the true "plague era" caps should be largely gone by now (there is a good chance that most remaining would have bloated in storage by now, and if not the likely will quickly after power is applied), there are still new production sub-par caps out there that aren't reliable (particularly from the "less reputable" brands).
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I was hoping to hear that the manufacturers bought back all defective caps but it's more likely that they were sold.
Yes. Amazon and Ebay are bad for counterfeits, especially obsolete semiconductors, which they always have readily available.
I don't see much on Cornell Dubilier caps. I used quite a few and still recommend them. Is there a reason they aren't commonly mentioned? Quality? Price?
I deal with a lot of people (tech support) who blindly replaced capacitors (many plague caps) in their beloved collections (mainly amplifiers) and put them into storage. It's a shame that many will be damaged by leaky caps when the originals would have done no damage.
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Originally posted by Perry Babin View PostI was hoping to hear that the manufacturers bought back all defective caps but it's more likely that they were sold.
Originally posted by Perry Babin View PostI don't see much on Cornell Dubilier caps. I used quite a few and still recommend them. Is there a reason they aren't commonly mentioned? Quality? Price?
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It wasn't too long ago when I saw a bunch of (NOS) Rubycon MFZ (the 6.3V 2700 uF variety that like to bulge in storage / without use) on eBay - maybe about 3-4 months ago.
So yes, you can still find "plague" -era Japanese caps. Same with UCC KZG series. In fact, some sellers are unaware of this and even have pictures of their stock on which you can clearly see some of the caps bulging and/or leaking.
As for crap-cap brands - those are still sold everywhere and will likely continue to be sold for many many more years, if not indefinitely. Same with garbage (counterfeit) silicon parts.
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