Faulty caps from WES

[Trevor Wilson]

Some weeks ago, I purchased 100 X 470uF 25Volt electros. WES part
number: 470WLR25. Wehn I pulled a couple from the bag, I noticed some
blcak fluid on some of the caps. I eventually found 15 faulty caps. All
were showing leakage from the top of the cap. A phone call to WES
elicited both an excellent response and a truly disturbing response.

Response #1 (from a sales monkey):

"It's ONLY 15 out of 100."

YIKES! I then demanded to speak to a human.

His response:

"Very sorry sir. That batch was faulty. Just throw them out and we will
send a new batch to you today."

If anyone has purchased these caps in the past three months, be careful.
I certainly won't be using any of them. Even the ones that appear to be OK.

--
Trevor Wilson www.rageaudio.com.au

 

[Phil Allison]

"Trevor Wilson"

Some weeks ago, I purchased 100 X 470uF 25Volt electros. WES part number:
470WLR25.

** Jamicon brand - sell for 50 cents each plus gst.

Claimed to be low Z and high ripple.

Wehn I pulled a couple from the bag, I noticed some blcak fluid on some of
the caps. I eventually found 15 faulty caps. All were showing leakage from
the top of the cap.

** In the cat. it says " Not suitable for audio. " ???

Now, that * IS * alarming !!!!


..... Phil

 

[JW]

On Fri, 25 May 2012 15:21:47 +1000 "Phil Allison" <phil_a@tpg.com.au>
wrote in Message id: <a28j7dFoorU1@mid.individual.net>:

"Trevor Wilson"

Some weeks ago, I purchased 100 X 470uF 25Volt electros. WES part number:
470WLR25.

** Jamicon brand - sell for 50 cents each plus gst.

Claimed to be low Z and high ripple.


Wehn I pulled a couple from the bag, I noticed some blcak fluid on some of
the caps. I eventually found 15 faulty caps. All were showing leakage from
the top of the cap.


** In the cat. it says " Not suitable for audio. " ???

Now, that * IS * alarming !!!!

Jamicon's are not suitable for *anything* that has powered applied.