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What's the opinion on the quality of eBay polyester caps from China?

Started by Philtre, February 13, 2018, 12:07:56 PM

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Philtre

I bought 100 polyester film caps from China off of ebay - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231966163492. They arrived today. I can't see any manufacturer markings on them (although some have "DY" on them). So, I'm wondering if the quality of these will be OK. Anyone used these type of caps from China before?


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somnif

I have a ton of greeny caps around from my early days. They're fine, just meter them to make sure you're close to spec and toss them in. Only thing I find annoying with them is the wildly varrying lead spacing and chunkiness, makes them a bit funky to fit onto PCBs. On vero they're fine, but my OCD twitches a but otherwise. (They still show up occasionally in my builds though!)

Philtre

Quote from: somnif on February 13, 2018, 06:59:58 PM
I have a ton of greeny caps around from my early days. They're fine, just meter them to make sure you're close to spec and toss them in.

Just did a random check of some of them - all within about 5% tolerance. :-)