Re: Fake Caps

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From: Franc Zabkar
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:47

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On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:24:39 +1100, "David L. Jones"
<altzone@gmail.com> put finger to keyboard and composed:

>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 have a DSE DVD player (G1928) which uses Rubycon branded caps in the
PSU. I suspect they are fakes because their dimensions don't match the
Rubycon datasheets.

http://groups.google.com/group/aus.dvd/msg/7f6c25370ba0d899

- Franc Zabkar
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