Re: Fake Caps

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From: z
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 04:51

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On Mar 19, 12:47 am, z <gzuck...@snail-mail.net> wrote:
> On Mar 19, 12:24 am, "David L. Jones" <altz...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Speaking of fake cache SRAM in another post reminded me of this fake
> > electrolytic cap. Some might get a laugh out of it:http://www.alternatezone.com/images/FakeCap.jpg
>
> > One has to wonder though if the fakers got faked? What's inside the Rubycon
> > cap?
>
> > Dave.
>
> i remember when consumer reports tested rechargable batteries, like in
> the 70s, a zillion years before they got popular. except for Radio
> Shack rechargables, there wasn't any more capacity in the C or D sizes
> than the AA size; which was understandable when they autopsied them
> and found that the bigger ones were just AA batteries padded out to
> larger size. Except for Radio Shack rechargable batteries, oddly
> enough.

oops, i remembered wrong; all the D cells were just C cells in fat
suits, not AA cells, except the Radio Shack.
http://pheatt.emporia.edu/projects/battery/ConsumerReports_1294a.pdf
that's still damn weird.

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Subject: Re: Fake Caps
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