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  • CON
    Member
    • Mar 2006
    • 13

    #1

    Elcon ?

    What the heck is elcon ? Did a search on the forum but didn't turn up any results!

    Anyone know are they good ? or bad ? or so-so ?

    My Turtle Beach Santa Cruz soundcard is littered with these, with a few exceptions of G-Luxon and Lelon - both of which turned up in the "list of bad caps" thread
  • Chris1992
    Badcaps Veteran
    • Apr 2005
    • 561

    #2
    Re: Elcon ?

    audio applications are low stress, I wouldnt worry.
    The great capacitor showdown!

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    • CON
      Member
      • Mar 2006
      • 13

      #3
      Re: Elcon ?

      actually its not about stress or ratings. Its about ESR and inductance. In the audio signal path Low ESR, Low inductance capacitors are recommended.
      So no I not at all worried about their bulging or blowing up, I am mostly interested in knowing about Elcon's quality in terms of esr & inductance.

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      • willawake
        Super Modulator
        • Nov 2003
        • 8457
        • Greece

        #4
        Re: Elcon ?

        elcon's site is not working http://www.elcon.com.tw/ who knows what became of them.

        my audiophile 192 has g-luxon so it appears common to see crap on sound cards
        https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=708
        capacitor lab yachtmati techmati

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        • bgavin
          Badcaps Legend
          • Jan 2007
          • 1355

          #5
          Re: Elcon ?

          I'm resurrecting this old thread to see if anybody has more current info on ELCON caps.

          I'm finding ELCON EEZ caps on some video cards.
          These a solid-poly lookalikes, but actually are vent top electrolytics.
          I wonder if this is a cheap ploy to sucker buyers with "polys".

          The caps in question in 1000uF/6.3v 8mm types.
          Cards are nVidia 8500GT, and work perfectly.
          Cap temps are very cool as long as the card is correctly cooled.
          I use fanless cards with big sinks, and an external cooler such as the Rocket V

          This card is bound for a BTX chassis, so I screwed an 80mm Panaflo to the heat sink.

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