Suntan brand capacitors bought from Jaycar

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Sylvia Else

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I'm frustrated to discover that a couple of 1000uF 16V electrolytics
that I bought from Jaycar a few years ago to repair a video card now
have bulging tops and will have to be replaced. They are "Suntan" brand.
It appears from a search that I'm not the first to have trouble with them.

Sylvia.
 
Sylvia Else wrote:
I'm frustrated to discover that a couple of 1000uF 16V electrolytics
that I bought from Jaycar a few years ago to repair a video card now
have bulging tops and will have to be replaced. They are "Suntan"
brand. It appears from a search that I'm not the first to have
trouble with them.
Click to expand...
**I ceased buying 'mission-critical' components from DSE and jaycar many
years ago. Caps from WES are decent enough for day to day service and
Farnell (no, I refuse to call it Element 14) or RS Components can be traced
and are of high quality.


--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au
 
On 10/07/2011 12:15 PM, Trevor Wilson wrote:
Sylvia Else wrote:
I'm frustrated to discover that a couple of 1000uF 16V electrolytics
that I bought from Jaycar a few years ago to repair a video card now
have bulging tops and will have to be replaced. They are "Suntan"
brand. It appears from a search that I'm not the first to have
trouble with them.

**I ceased buying 'mission-critical' components from DSE and jaycar many
years ago. Caps from WES are decent enough for day to day service and
Farnell (no, I refuse to call it Element 14) or RS Components can be traced
and are of high quality.
Click to expand...
I'd feel a bit silly ordering 2 capactors online, and having them sent
by courier.

Still, if that's what it takes to get reliable components...

Sylvia.
 
Sylvia Else wrote:
On 10/07/2011 12:15 PM, Trevor Wilson wrote:
Sylvia Else wrote:
I'm frustrated to discover that a couple of 1000uF 16V electrolytics
that I bought from Jaycar a few years ago to repair a video card now
have bulging tops and will have to be replaced. They are "Suntan"
brand. It appears from a search that I'm not the first to have
trouble with them.

**I ceased buying 'mission-critical' components from DSE and jaycar
many years ago. Caps from WES are decent enough for day to day
service and Farnell (no, I refuse to call it Element 14) or RS
Components can be traced and are of high quality.



I'd feel a bit silly ordering 2 capactors online, and having them sent
by courier.

Still, if that's what it takes to get reliable components...
Click to expand...
**I see your point. Try WES Part #1000TKR16. It is a 105 degree C component
and I've found them to be excellent quality. Very low leakage too.


--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au
 
On 10/07/2011 12:08 PM, Sylvia Else wrote:
I'm frustrated to discover that a couple of 1000uF 16V electrolytics
that I bought from Jaycar a few years ago to repair a video card now
have bulging tops and will have to be replaced. They are "Suntan" brand.
It appears from a search that I'm not the first to have trouble with them.

Sylvia.
Click to expand...
You didn't happen to use it where a low ESR part should go?
 
On 10/07/2011 4:48 PM, David Eather wrote:
On 10/07/2011 12:08 PM, Sylvia Else wrote:
I'm frustrated to discover that a couple of 1000uF 16V electrolytics
that I bought from Jaycar a few years ago to repair a video card now
have bulging tops and will have to be replaced. They are "Suntan" brand.
It appears from a search that I'm not the first to have trouble with
them.

Sylvia.

You didn't happen to use it where a low ESR part should go?
Click to expand...
Well, I don't actually know what role they're performing, but there's no
inductor in sight, so they're not part of an SMPS.

Sylvia.
 
On 10/07/2011 5:34 PM, Sylvia Else wrote:
On 10/07/2011 4:48 PM, David Eather wrote:
On 10/07/2011 12:08 PM, Sylvia Else wrote:
I'm frustrated to discover that a couple of 1000uF 16V electrolytics
that I bought from Jaycar a few years ago to repair a video card now
have bulging tops and will have to be replaced. They are "Suntan" brand.
It appears from a search that I'm not the first to have trouble with
them.

Sylvia.

You didn't happen to use it where a low ESR part should go?

Well, I don't actually know what role they're performing, but there's no
inductor in sight, so they're not part of an SMPS.
Click to expand...
And being as this is a video card, it's power supply inputs are DC.

Sylvia.
 
On 10/07/2011 5:35 PM, Sylvia Else wrote:
On 10/07/2011 5:34 PM, Sylvia Else wrote:
On 10/07/2011 4:48 PM, David Eather wrote:
On 10/07/2011 12:08 PM, Sylvia Else wrote:
I'm frustrated to discover that a couple of 1000uF 16V electrolytics
that I bought from Jaycar a few years ago to repair a video card now
have bulging tops and will have to be replaced. They are "Suntan"
brand.
It appears from a search that I'm not the first to have trouble with
them.

Sylvia.

You didn't happen to use it where a low ESR part should go?

Well, I don't actually know what role they're performing, but there's no
inductor in sight, so they're not part of an SMPS.

And being as this is a video card, it's power supply inputs are DC.

Sylvia.
Click to expand...
There are them mother boards are packed with low ESR capacitors even
though they are not part of a SMPS and only use DC - but they still pop
capacitors of the wrong type.
 
On 11/07/2011 7:23 AM, David Eather wrote:
On 10/07/2011 5:35 PM, Sylvia Else wrote:
On 10/07/2011 5:34 PM, Sylvia Else wrote:
On 10/07/2011 4:48 PM, David Eather wrote:
On 10/07/2011 12:08 PM, Sylvia Else wrote:
I'm frustrated to discover that a couple of 1000uF 16V electrolytics
that I bought from Jaycar a few years ago to repair a video card now
have bulging tops and will have to be replaced. They are "Suntan"
brand.
It appears from a search that I'm not the first to have trouble with
them.

Sylvia.

You didn't happen to use it where a low ESR part should go?

Well, I don't actually know what role they're performing, but there's no
inductor in sight, so they're not part of an SMPS.

And being as this is a video card, it's power supply inputs are DC.

Sylvia.



There are them mother boards are packed with low ESR capacitors even
though they are not part of a SMPS and only use DC - but they still pop
capacitors of the wrong type.
Click to expand...
Both motherboards and more powerful video cards have DC to DC SMPS that
converts 5V (maybe 3.3V) into whatever Vcore the CPU/GPU needs. They
need low ESR electros.

Tom
 
On Jul 10, 5:35 pm, Sylvia Else <syl...@not.here.invalid> wrote:
On 10/07/2011 5:34 PM, Sylvia Else wrote:

On 10/07/2011 4:48 PM, David Eather wrote:
On 10/07/2011 12:08 PM, Sylvia Else wrote:
I'm frustrated to discover that a couple of 1000uF 16V electrolytics
that I bought from Jaycar a few years ago to repair a video card now
have bulging tops and will have to be replaced. They are "Suntan" brand.
It appears from a search that I'm not the first to have trouble with
them.

Sylvia.

You didn't happen to use it where a low ESR part should go?

Well, I don't actually know what role they're performing, but there's no
inductor in sight, so they're not part of an SMPS.

And being as this is a video card, it's power supply inputs are DC.

Sylvia.
Click to expand...
Might still need them, depending on the ripple current.
I would put them in.
 
On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 17:35:34 +1000, Sylvia Else
<sylvia@not.here.invalid> wrote:

On 10/07/2011 5:34 PM, Sylvia Else wrote:
On 10/07/2011 4:48 PM, David Eather wrote:
On 10/07/2011 12:08 PM, Sylvia Else wrote:
I'm frustrated to discover that a couple of 1000uF 16V electrolytics
that I bought from Jaycar a few years ago to repair a video card now
have bulging tops and will have to be replaced. They are "Suntan" brand.
It appears from a search that I'm not the first to have trouble with
them.

Sylvia.

You didn't happen to use it where a low ESR part should go?

Well, I don't actually know what role they're performing, but there's no
inductor in sight, so they're not part of an SMPS.

And being as this is a video card, it's power supply inputs are DC.
Click to expand...
As per Tom's post, it may still have a SMPS.

In any event, use decent low-ESR 105C caps. WES stock Hitano, which
we have used for several years as replacements in LCD monitors.
 
On Jul 12, 10:20 am, who where <no...@home.net> wrote:
On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 17:35:34 +1000, Sylvia Else



syl...@not.here.invalid> wrote:
On 10/07/2011 5:34 PM, Sylvia Else wrote:
On 10/07/2011 4:48 PM, David Eather wrote:
On 10/07/2011 12:08 PM, Sylvia Else wrote:
I'm frustrated to discover that a couple of 1000uF 16V electrolytics
that I bought from Jaycar a few years ago to repair a video card now
have bulging tops and will have to be replaced. They are "Suntan" brand.
It appears from a search that I'm not the first to have trouble with
them.

Sylvia.

You didn't happen to use it where a low ESR part should go?

Well, I don't actually know what role they're performing, but there's no
inductor in sight, so they're not part of an SMPS.

And being as this is a video card, it's power supply inputs are DC.

As per Tom's post, it may still have a SMPS.

In any event, use decent low-ESR 105C caps.  WES stock Hitano, which
we have used for several years as replacements in LCD monitors.
Click to expand...

I have used these caps for some time. Had no problems to date. I
would recommend to Silvia to try these in her video card.
 
Sylvia Else wrote:
On 10/07/2011 12:15 PM, Trevor Wilson wrote:
Sylvia Else wrote:
I'm frustrated to discover that a couple of 1000uF 16V electrolytics
that I bought from Jaycar a few years ago to repair a video card now
have bulging tops and will have to be replaced. They are "Suntan"
brand. It appears from a search that I'm not the first to have
trouble with them.

**I ceased buying 'mission-critical' components from DSE and jaycar
many years ago. Caps from WES are decent enough for day to day
service and Farnell (no, I refuse to call it Element 14) or RS
Components can be traced and are of high quality.



I'd feel a bit silly ordering 2 capactors online, and having them sent
by courier.

Still, if that's what it takes to get reliable components...
Click to expand...
**If you wish, I can add a couple of caps onto my next WES order (Thursday
or Monday). I can then post them to you at cost. For the values you cited,
that's $0.45 each. If you want the caps that are specified for SMPS, they're
$0.60 each. Add a Buck for postage to you.


--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au
 
On 12/07/2011 1:33 PM, Trevor Wilson wrote:
Sylvia Else wrote:
On 10/07/2011 12:15 PM, Trevor Wilson wrote:
Sylvia Else wrote:
I'm frustrated to discover that a couple of 1000uF 16V electrolytics
that I bought from Jaycar a few years ago to repair a video card now
have bulging tops and will have to be replaced. They are "Suntan"
brand. It appears from a search that I'm not the first to have
trouble with them.

**I ceased buying 'mission-critical' components from DSE and jaycar
many years ago. Caps from WES are decent enough for day to day
service and Farnell (no, I refuse to call it Element 14) or RS
Components can be traced and are of high quality.



I'd feel a bit silly ordering 2 capactors online, and having them sent
by courier.

Still, if that's what it takes to get reliable components...

**If you wish, I can add a couple of caps onto my next WES order (Thursday
or Monday). I can then post them to you at cost. For the values you cited,
that's $0.45 each. If you want the caps that are specified for SMPS, they're
$0.60 each. Add a Buck for postage to you.
Click to expand...
Thanks, but no. I'm not even using the video card at the moment. I won't
repair it unless I find a reason to use it again.

Sylvia.
 
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