Uh....I'm suspicious of these "Panasonic FRs"...

[TheLaw]

So I got some caps in the mail today. 5 Panasonic FRs and 2 Panasonic FCs.

Something bugged me about the FRs though. There is no marking on the cap that says Panasonic or Matsushita (M). It just says ODIGN FR. What the hell is that?

The FCs have the normal markings. (M) FC @ 105C.

Are these fake or real? I wouldn't think Mouser would have fake caps.

(EDIT): Wow my Macro lens sucks. Sorry for the crappy pictures. Hopefully you get the point. Pic 1 and 2 are of the FRs and Pic 3 is the FC. Pic 2 focused on the bridge rectifier on the book instead, whoops.

[TheLaw]

Re: Uh....I'm suspicious of these "Panasonic FRs"...

Too bad Panasonic's pictures are worse than mine, so I can't even look at their for reference.

[mockingbird]

Re: Uh....I'm suspicious of these "Panasonic FRs"...

I doubt Mouser would sell you fake caps.

[TheLaw]

Re: Uh....I'm suspicious of these "Panasonic FRs"...

I doubt Mouser would sell you fake caps.

Neither would I. I don't think they are fake, but they don't have any of the markings that would distinguish it as a Panasonic.

[steve2]

Re: Uh....I'm suspicious of these "Panasonic FRs"...

I ordered some FR's from digikey a couple days ago. Should be here tomorrow or saturday. Will let you know if they look like yours. That is the newest series (same as FM they say). Can't find FM in sizes needed so checked these out.

[yyonline]

Re: Uh....I'm suspicious of these "Panasonic FRs"...

ODIGN sounds like something Panasonic would use as a date/lot code. Sometimes they even like to throw in indistinguishable symbols that I'm fairly sure aren't letters, at least in the Latin alphabet.

[seanc]

Re: Uh....I'm suspicious of these "Panasonic FRs"...

I have some in the garage I back ordered from somewhere before they were readily available, Farnell I think.
They have a funny 'word' on them too, look like Panasonics and seem to work...

[steve2]

Re: Uh....I'm suspicious of these "Panasonic FRs"...

well, mine came in mail today. I have been trying to take pic , but my camera is not very good. They do have 0N8ME, 105c FR and theyy have the panny top with the curved T.

[steve2]

Re: Uh....I'm suspicious of these "Panasonic FRs"...

I put em in my scanner, but I can't scan the top. It is a curved T.

[Scenic]

Re: Uh....I'm suspicious of these "Panasonic FRs"...

i dunno, but they just look sooo cheap and nasty.. :/
and the datecode also seems kinda suspicious.. all genuine pannys i've seen had it kinda etched into the sleeve, and it was always dark red (sort of like wine-red)..

on these here, it looks like it just got printed on afterwards.. and rather dodgy at that..


edit: oh and another thing.. every single low-ESR panny i've seen so far had golden text/markings, whereas all the others (general purpose/non-low-esr) were white or silver-ish..
if those FR's are supposed to be low-ESR, why is their text white..?!

[steve2]

Re: Uh....I'm suspicious of these "Panasonic FRs"...

They are a new series. Mine are from DigiKey. These are actually rated up to 10000 hours, depending on size. Panasonic says they are the same as FM series, that went to 5000 hours for the sizes I bought. I would think they are new enough that they don't have the design down pat for the cover. The pics on panny website show them as white stipe, white letters.

[TheLaw]

Re: Uh....I'm suspicious of these "Panasonic FRs"...

Oh alright. I was just wondering if it was supposed to have the Matsushita logo on it or not.

And quite frankly. I don't care if it has pretty lettering on it. The most important thing is its quality/performance.

[RJARRRPCGP]

Re: Uh....I'm suspicious of these "Panasonic FRs"...

Looks like a fake.

[joshnz]

Re: Uh....I'm suspicious of these "Panasonic FRs"...

they have a few new caps now
WARNING this link contains non low esr caps like general purpose, bipolar.
http://industrial.panasonic.com/www-...W.html#bunrui2