Nichicon HE Series, fakes?

[Cartel]

Nichicon HE Series, fakes?

[stj]

Re: Nichicon HE Series, fakes?

well HM series sure dont use a bung like that - i just looked.

[ReeceyBurger123]

Re: Nichicon HE Series, fakes?

Fake !

[Cartel]

Re: Nichicon HE Series, fakes?

Hmm thats what I thought...that kinda sucks.
They are within spec at least.

[shovenose]

Re: Nichicon HE Series, fakes?

Hmm thats what I thought...that kinda sucks.
They are within spec at least.

For now...

[stj]

Re: Nichicon HE Series, fakes?

is one leaking around the lead btw?

[kc8adu]

Re: Nichicon HE Series, fakes?

the bungs are not the same.
and one is leaking stuff at the edge.FAKE JUNK!

[Topcat]

Re: Nichicon HE Series, fakes?

fake-o-rama. They look resleeved. I'd love to see some dissection pics of those to find out what they really are

[ChaosLegionnaire]

Re: Nichicon HE Series, fakes?

oh no its the bullseye bung again. i'd say they are resleeved crapxons as i've seen crapxon using the bullseye bung and the + vent is also used by crapxon. teapo uses a mercedes benz vent with three additional notches in the center.

[stj]

Re: Nichicon HE Series, fakes?

i just looked in my bin,
that bung style is used on G-LUXON

[Sparkey55]

Re: Nichicon HE Series, fakes?

If I was a betting man I would say that those are only 10 to 16 Volts rated.

[lti]

Re: Nichicon HE Series, fakes?

Lots of caps use that bung style. I have some I.Q (OST) caps with the same bung. These fake caps won't be relabeled caps from a well-known manufacturer.

[michael dranfield]

Re: Nichicon HE Series, fakes?

Nichicon website indicates a much lower impedance than you are measuring.

[Cartel]

Re: Nichicon HE Series, fakes?

Thanks for the replies.
I talked to the supplier and was refunded.

[Cartel]

Re: Nichicon HE Series, fakes?

fake-o-rama. They look resleeved. I'd love to see some dissection pics of those to find out what they really are

here ya go..for fakes they look well built.
This was the cap with the crud on the lead.

[michael dranfield]

Re: Nichicon HE Series, fakes?

well at least they didn't look look this when you opened the up !

[Cartel]

Re: Nichicon HE Series, fakes?

Any opinion of the insides, Topcat?
I think it looks ok, would they hold up to 25V?

[kaboom]

Re: Nichicon HE Series, fakes?

don't "speculate" anything over/about those fakes


Get the real deal from Mouser or Digikey.

[momaka]

Re: Nichicon HE Series, fakes?

I think it looks ok, would they hold up to 25V?

Try and see. They might hold up to full voltage indeed. But with counterfeit caps, you never know.

That said, if you do try them, I don't suggest you do it with anything you care for, and certainly not as a repair (not even temporary). Cheap caps like these may be only useful for breadboard projects - at least that's how I re-use them (extra filtering on the power lines).

By the way, another "fun" way to check ESR is to charge the cap to full voltage and then short-circuit its leads. Given that this is a 25V 4700 uF cap, you should get quite a bit of sparking and popping when you do that. If you don't, the ESR is too high.

And yes, they are definitely fakes... though it's a moot point saying that after everyone already has.

Lots of caps use that bung style.

Exactly.
Trying to guess which crap cap manufacturer made these is pointless. Whether it's CapXon or Jun Fu or G-Luxon... it's all the same, since none of them are good .