Bad tocon cap, iogear kvm. Brand to replace, where to buy online?

[danmcgrathm]

My iogear kvm blew a tocon cap. 100uF, 16v, radial. I'm looking to replace all 8 of the caps on the board - any advice as to brand I should buy and where I might buy them online? I live in Wisconsin USA. Thank you!


I'll post a pic of the blown cap for fun in the near future : )

[Newbie2]

Re: Bad tocon cap, iogear kvm. Brand to replace, where to buy online?

The USA has many vendors you can get caps from. You can buy some from the Badcaps forum admin (Topcat) or you can purchase caps from Digikey USA or Mouser.

100uf caps don't fail very often (very rarely) but P11198-ND on Digikey is a great replacement for the failed Tocon 100uf 16V capacitors.

[dood]

Re: Bad tocon cap, iogear kvm. Brand to replace, where to buy online?

what model kvm?

[danmcgrathm]

Re: Bad tocon cap, iogear kvm. Brand to replace, where to buy online?

The KVM is an iogear miniview ultra 8-port, ps/2, rack-mount. And thanks for the advice! I had been looking at the digikey site but was unsure as to which 100uf I ought to purchase. I'll check out mouser as well for comparison shopping. I wonder how much Topcat would charge - it would be cool to support the cause : ) Thanks again!

[Newbie2]

Re: Bad tocon cap, iogear kvm. Brand to replace, where to buy online?

Topcat usually has caps that are 1000uf and higher, since he's mainly in the motherboard recapping section. For 100uf caps I guess he wouldn't be happy with supplying them. Mouser is also a good source for Americans. Look for cap brands such as Nichicon, Panasonic, or United Chemi-Con.

[danmcgrathm]

Re: Bad tocon cap, iogear kvm. Brand to replace, where to buy online?

Thanks for the tip Newbie2. I was wondering about Topcat because after checking out the site, it did indeed seem that the caps (and kits) are focused on mainboards. I just placed my order with digikey for the part number you mentioned - Panasonic. I'll post the results once I've finished replacing the caps. Also the pic - the cap blew nicely, the cap of the cap (ha!) totally flew off and was rolling around inside the case : )