Antec SL350 Re-Cap

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Looks like these have been quite popular to re-cap over the years here.
I have a unit that been running 24/7 (mostly) for the last 6 months.
Before that it was used in my HTPC for about 6 months and before that for a few years in my desktop/gaming PC before upgrading.

I seems like a decent unit and has served me well over the years but has been let down by those dreadful fuhjyyu caps.

So I have ordered Mostly Panasonic FM and FR or Nichicon or Rubycon depending on size and availability. I used this excelent post as a reference: https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?p=89628

I'm confident soldering so should be ok squeezing in the larger Panasonic caps (12.5 vs 10mm)

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Also I noticed the Panasonic FR's no longer have the [M] on them. Is this normal? The caps came from Element14 so they should be legit.
see pics.

[Behemot]

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Maybe manufacturing mistake? If not, I don't think that is a good sign. There is no manufacturer name on that is it.

[mariushm]

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No, the Panasonic FR don't have the M on them. They're legit, it's just how they make them.

See pictures below. Genuine FR caps.
(i like to keep my caps nicely packed, sometimes I use paper tape to hold them in place. lately, i just use matchboxes)

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Nice, alright all looks ok.
Should get to do this at some stage over the next few weeks.

[Logistics]

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Yeah, I like this little supply. I recapped one years ago and it's still going. I just swapped it into a friends system whos cheapy supply died.

In regards to the [M] on the Panasonic caps, I believe the previous information is correct, in that the FR do not retain the [M], but the FM and FC do... I believe the TS-ED's I use to replace main-caps also retain the [M].

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Well, took me alot longer than expected to get around to doing this, but once I did it was pretty easy.
As some of the caps were panasonic 12.5mm diameter and trying to replace 10mm originals I do have a few sitting a few mm higher than i would have liked.

The thing works just as it did before but i feel better knowing its not a time bomb anymore.

The only thing of concern I noted was a crack in this green cap near one of the leads. Should I be concerned about this? See the atachment.

Cheers.

[Behemot]

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Its negative thermistor (NTC) for removing current spikes when you plug it into electricity/turn it on. And it doesn't matter at all, the interesting stuff is much more deeper inside.