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  • Evenflow
    Member
    • Mar 2014
    • 38
    • US

    #1

    Buying capacitors

    Are there any walk-in stores that sell quality capacitors
  • mockingbird
    Badcaps Legend
    • Dec 2008
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    #2
    Re: Buying capacitors

    Our electronics store sells either outright counterfeit or really old NOS brand name caps. Everything they sell can be bought from China for less. Still sort of fun to walk around there and peruse their myriad of old junk. Only things I buy from there are the odd $10 soldering iron, wick, and solder.

    Why not use Digikey? Only $5 overnight within the US and $8 overnight to Canada.

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    • c_hegge
      Badcaps Legend
      • Sep 2009
      • 5219
      • Australia

      #3
      Re: Buying capacitors

      AFAIK, no, there aren't any. It's online only if you want decent caps which are suited to PSUs or motherboards.
      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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      • Topcat
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        • Oct 2003
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        • United States

        #4
        Re: Buying capacitors

        nope. the internet is your friend for finding electronic components these days.
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        • Evenflow
          Member
          • Mar 2014
          • 38
          • US

          #5
          Re: Buying capacitors

          I suspected as much. Im new at all this. Thanks for the responses. I know some of my questions will be dopey.

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          • mockingbird
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            • Dec 2008
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            #6
            Re: Buying capacitors

            If you need motherboard capacitors, buy from the owner of this site.

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            • Evenflow
              Member
              • Mar 2014
              • 38
              • US

              #7
              Re: Buying capacitors

              Will do. Thanks fellas

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