Re: The Hall of Shame - Badcaps Photo Montage
Just pray they are genuine. Finding genuine caps on eBay is like finding a needle in a pile of hay. When you get them, do make sure to create a new thread and post some pictures of all sides of your caps. If they are fake, they won't last much at all.
Also, both Mouser and Digikey offer USPS priority mail shipping, which is quite cheap (around $5 usually), so it wouldn't have been that much more expensive to get your caps from there.
True.
But if you got fakes, you'll be replacing caps again in the near future. Also, let's say you bought high quality caps and they outlasted the CCFLs. Worst case, you can always use that monitor for parts (i.e. strip the caps to put in another faulty monitor).
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Also, both Mouser and Digikey offer USPS priority mail shipping, which is quite cheap (around $5 usually), so it wouldn't have been that much more expensive to get your caps from there.
Originally posted by exevolution
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But if you got fakes, you'll be replacing caps again in the near future. Also, let's say you bought high quality caps and they outlasted the CCFLs. Worst case, you can always use that monitor for parts (i.e. strip the caps to put in another faulty monitor).
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