All CAPS

[Phils Arcade]

What brand of caps would you recommend these days, and which should you try and avoid altogether?

Thanks in advance.

 

[chris2922]

Nichicon, Rubycon and United Chemi-con (or Nipon Chemi-con) are all very good. But it’s more about making sure you get the right specification of capacitor in terms of temperature tolerance and expected working life in hours.

 

[big10p]

Panasonic seem to be a popular choice. Pretty much any Japanese brand.

 

[Phils Arcade]

Yeah Panasonic are my main go to for caps, just wondering what others considered their best/worst, through experience.

I've seen a few cap repairs with brands I didn't recognise, until I checked out AliExpress or Ebay and find them there.

 

[Phils Arcade]

Bringing this thread back.

I've been looking for a number of axial caps recently and my usual go to brands don't seem to support them.

Wondered if anyone here has any experience with Vishay caps and what they think of them.

 

[qjuk]

.Wondered if anyone here has any experience with Vishay caps and what they think of them.

I often use Vishay caps, not had any issues with them so far.

 

[Phils Arcade]

Also wondering if anyone has tried replacing the usual "wet" caps for Aluminium Polymer "dry" caps and what the outcome has been. Thought about this for a while now and what the up/downsides are. These have got really cheap nowadays and won't dry out or cause a gaseous foul smell when things go wrong.