List of Bad Cap Manufacturers

[kgordon]

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Ltec

Gold script Ltec enclosed in oblong circle. Gold lettering for values. Caps are green with gold negative-post stripe. Cross-shaped vent. 1500 uF at 6.3 V. Two each in two different no-name 3DF-FX5200TV video card. ALL bulged or leaking.

All other caps, which appear to be OK, are also Ltec. mid-sized 470uF at 6.3 are dark blue with white or light-gray lettering and stripe, small ones, 100 uF, 16 V, 105oC are black with gold lettering and stripe.

[Oerg866]

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Nichilon(Fake Nichicon)

OK: Bad Cheap Cap Copy of a brand that's bad cheap already? How desperate

[370forlife]

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OK: Bad Cheap Cap Copy of a brand that's bad cheap already? How desperate

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If nichicon is bad for HM/HN, then United Chemi-con is bad for KZE and KZG.

[PCBONEZ]

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I've only seen one complaint about bad KZE in like the last 5 years.
Why do you keep running with that one?
Have you seen bad KZE?

[370forlife]

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Ooops, I wasn't sure about KZE.

[PCBONEZ]

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It's KZG [for sure] and KZJ [maybe].
Not that many KZJ's around to fail so that one hard to say.

[Oerg866]

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KZG is bad? and I had them in my "good"-stash :/

[PCBONEZ]

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Yup
KZG have heat issues and will fail with no bloating.
Just search the forum, KZG problems are all over in here.

[Oerg866]

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Dang.

*goes trash all leftover KZG caps*

I just found out my local eletronics shop sells Panasonic. Horay

[larrymoencurly]

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Are there any bad brands of polymer caps?

Who makes these polymers (BioStar G41V-M7 mobo) with the small "s" inside the large "C", and are they OK?

[enduser]

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I just found another crap cap that can be added to the list. The name of this brand is "Lasting". What a play on words. If you try to locate any information on it using a search engine you will be flooded by "long lasting" capacitor stories. Very clever indeed.

[paul_h]

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Any post here will be deleted. Please post any update in "bad cap manufacturers - please post yours here". or start another thread.

So I gather this rule is no longer in effect?
Interesting that teapo and OST is on the list (which some major PSU suppliers use), but fcon is not, which is used by even cheaper PSU manufacturers.
IE antec for the the former, huntkey for the latter.

[Scenic]

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low(er)-end seasonics also use OST.

[valepkins1985]

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hello everyone.

[krazykev64]

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you should add JENPO and S.Y. just came across a few in a dead standalone dvd recorder. jenpo's were bulging and the S.Y was leaking like a sieve

[bigcape]

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Hey all where is the list of GOOD caps?

I have 15 "popped" Rubycon 6.3v 1500uF up through 6.3v 2200uF for a Dell 470

[japlytic]

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May we add JUNZL units to the bad list? I found one bulging in a set-top box.

[momaka]

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Hey all where is the list of GOOD caps?

Here you go:
https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=588

I have 15 "popped" Rubycon 6.3v 1500uF up through 6.3v 2200uF for a Dell 470

Rubycon are regarded as one of the best capacitors avaliable, along with Panasonic. Perhaps that Dell 470 has bad ventilation like some of the SFF and USFF Dells.

[bigcape]

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Here you go:
https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=588


Rubycon are regarded as one of the best capacitors avaliable......

Thank you momaka

So if these are of the "one of the best" then what would you replace them with? sure is gonna be some work!

[ratdude747]

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Thank you momaka

So if these are of the "one of the best" then what would you replace them with? sure is gonna be some work!

yup. the 470 is a rebadged easybake. they will cook almost every good brand due to the heat.

you should poly mod it... start a new thread on it, post some cap values there, and we will teach you what to do tho fix that.

btw, mac g5's do that too (hence the poly kit). too hot to handle.