Does anything less than 470uF usually bulge?

[stj]

Re: Does anything less than 470uF usually bulge?

2 Reasons that come to mind.
1 So they will fail
2 because eletrolytics tend to have less resistance across them over ceramics.

because they are cheaper than polyester or polypropylene more likely.

[PCBONEZ]

Re: Does anything less than 470uF usually bulge?

Weird - isn't ITOX a long-life brand?

Some models.
Usually called them "Revision Controlled" the last few years.
I have some Itox Revision Controlled 855GME chipset boards that are really well built.

Age probably matters too. Itox was slow to adjust for the 'Caps Plague' and I'm pretty sure the company changed hands within the last 2 years.
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[japlytic]

Re: Does anything less than 470uF usually bulge?

On devices such as set-top boxes and DVD players with a separate power supply board, I replace all of the non-quality electrolytics (e.g. unknown brands) on this board.
For those which has the power supply on the same board, I replace all of the primary side units, along with the units before the output inductor, and those close to the output inductor of each rail, as well as units close to a DC-DC converter.