Digikey sold me caps that are over 4 years old

[Cartel]

2014...thats pushing it for new prices isn't it?

And these 2700uf test pretty high...usually new caps test below a bit, old ones test high.

I dunno, seems a bit odd to me. Am I just being picky?

[Cartel]

Re: Digikey sold me caps that are over 4 years old

These 450V caps I paid over $60 bucks for these...2014 too.

[sam_sam_sam]

Re: Digikey sold me caps that are over 4 years old

I got cap from DigiKey before
I did not have any problem with them

I have used these types of capacitor in servo controller power supply with out any problem

This is my two cents worth

[Topcat]

Re: Digikey sold me caps that are over 4 years old

They aren't produce or meats from a grocery store....they'll be fine.

[goontron]

Re: Digikey sold me caps that are over 4 years old

The capacitance is higher because the oxide layer is thinner. Once you put them in use they will reform and be fine.

[retiredcaps]

Re: Digikey sold me caps that are over 4 years old

I'm not defending digikey, but 2700uF 25V may not be a "popular" value so the turnover for these caps might not be very high? Say compared to 1000uF 16V.

[budm]

Re: Digikey sold me caps that are over 4 years old

2902uF is only +8% way within spec. for 2700uF rated cap which has tolerance of +/-20%.
PW series cap: https://cdn.badcaps-static.com/pdfs/...f05f5c7af5.pdf

[Per Hansson]

Re: Digikey sold me caps that are over 4 years old

Read the section "shelf life" in the above PDF.
If you want to threat them nicely you can read this:
https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=50530

Me? I'd just put them in circuit and be done with it

[PeteS in CA]

Re: Digikey sold me caps that are over 4 years old

1.) PW series does not use the water-based electrolyte that has caused a shelf-life issue with some vendors and series. And AFAIK, water-based electrolytes have not been used for high voltage electrolytics.

2.) As "retiredcaps" said, 2700uF is not a popular value like 2200uF or 3300uF.

3.) As budm said, ~2800uF is well within spec. Cheap crap caps tend to be toward the low end of their spec, if not fraudulently low.

All in all, I would not think twice about using those parts.

[Cartel]

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Thanks for the replies.

The reason I buy caps at digikey and not aliexpress or ebay is because they are supposed to be fresh stock.

It bothers me to see 2014 on a cap I paid $8 a piece for.
The 25v caps...I can live with but the 450v ones it doesn't sit well with me.
I bought 5000 hour caps so I can enjoy the long life, not digikey's parts shelf.

Blowing up a $4000 amplifier would really piss me off.

/rant

[goontron]

Re: Digikey sold me caps that are over 4 years old

4 Grand? What band is it exaclty?

[stj]

Re: Digikey sold me caps that are over 4 years old

a modern re-make of something old??

[Cartel]

Re: Digikey sold me caps that are over 4 years old

4 Grand? What band is it exaclty?

160m-6m, its an acom 1000


The other thing about these old caps is nichicon gives them a 2 year shelf life.
https://cdn.badcaps-static.com/pdfs/...64fb172f94.pdf

Then I'm supposed to apply 450v though a 1k resistor for 1 hour (x's 8 caps) and then bleed them with a 1 ohm

Connect a 1kΩ resistor in series with the subject capacitor, and apply the DC voltage as high as the Rated Voltage for 1 hour.
Discharge the capacitor through a resistor of about 1Ω/Volt after the electrification

Seriously? Pay $61 plus shipping then spend a week reforming them, buying a 450v power supply to boot?
Like I got all the time and money in the world to do that on my kitchen table right?

I just want to unsolder the old ones and replace them with new caps...this is ridiculous I'm sorry.

*I just called digikey and they said they would replace them with some rubycons of the same values.
They said the rubycons were delivered (to them) in August 2018.
That sounds ok.
This sure is alot of stress though and it sounds like they want me to pay to ship these back.

I spent alot of time (hours) going through data sheets, figuring out lead spacing and heights to reach the decision to buy the nichicons.
wasted hours of my life with this and now wasting more.

[goontron]

Re: Digikey sold me caps that are over 4 years old

160m-6m, its an acom 1000


The other thing about these old caps is nichicon gives them a 2 year shelf life.
https://cdn.badcaps-static.com/pdfs/...64fb172f94.pdf

Then I'm supposed to apply 450v though a 1k resistor for 1 hour (x's 8 caps) and then bleed them with a 1 ohm



Seriously? Pay $61 plus shipping then spend a week reforming them, buying a 450v power supply to boot?
Like I got all the time and money in the world to do that on my kitchen table right?

I just want to unsolder the old ones and replace them with new caps...this is ridiculous I'm sorry.

*I just called digikey and they said they would replace them with some rubycons of the same values.
They said the rubycons were delivered (to them) in August 2018.
That sounds ok.
This sure is alot of stress though and it sounds like they want me to pay to ship these back.

I spent alot of time (hours) going through data sheets, figuring out lead spacing and heights to reach the decision to buy the nichicons.
wasted hours of my life with this and now wasting more.

Ah, wideband. No wonder....

usually i would say put them in a let the reform on their own, but seeing as how wideband amps are easy to drive into oscillation, i don't blame you for being weary....

[budm]

Re: Digikey sold me caps that are over 4 years old

"They said the rubycons were delivered (to them) in August 2018." but do they they date code for those rubycons?

[Cartel]

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They refunded me for the 450v and the 25v that were 2014 and said to toss them.
I'm happy for that and will continue to use digikey.

[brethin]

Re: Digikey sold me caps that are over 4 years old

I bet you are, way to scam them., I'm sure they were perfectly fine, it's not bread or milk. Meanwhile our prices go up because of this..

[Cartel]

Re: Digikey sold me caps that are over 4 years old

I bet you are, way to scam them., I'm sure they were perfectly fine, it's not bread or milk. Meanwhile our prices go up because of this..

I didn't ask for a refund, I was going to send them back and buy Rubycons.
They just did it and refunded the 2700uf 25v caps on their own, I didn't even mention those to them.

[retiredcaps]

Re: Digikey sold me caps that are over 4 years old

So far all the feedback I hear regarding Digikey resolving their mistakes has been positive. That is, they don't question the customer and quickly resolve the problem by shipping out the correct or missing parts within 24 to 48 hours at no additional cost to the customer.

Same for Mouser.

[kc8adu]

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i would be much more concerned about the bleeder resistors in that acom rather than a few years old caps.
they drift due to heat.
and when one opens you start hearing snapping as the cap it is across breaks down internally.
i always replace all of them in any hf amp i service.
failure of 1 resistor sets the whole chain of failure rolling.