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Manufacturers usually have an entire range of of electrolytic capacitors and as I tell my customers, each one is best at a certain job.

Nichicon for example has a dizzying array of electrolytic series that seems to be getting larger all the time.

They have a nice selector here:
http://www.nichicon.co.jp/english/produ ... index.html

Panasonic's is here:
http://industrial.panasonic.com/ww/prod ... m-cap-lead

And Elna's is here:
http://www.elna.co.jp/en/capacitor/alum ... eries.html

United's is less simple. Use the "Group Charts" download for a similar listing as the above links:
http://www.chemi-con.com/products

Cheers!

I've been getting Nichicons at mouser for several years. I've moved from the cheap UVX and UVR series to UPT, then to UCA and UCY. Mostly wanting long life, high reliability and higher current. Didn't know they made so many, looks like they overlap so much, you could combine 5 series into 1.

I don't understand why people by noname capacitors from ebay or other places. Capacitors are the number one component to fail, except when George is at work.

DeathRex wrote:I don't understand why people by noname capacitors from ebay or other places. Capacitors are the number one component to fail, except when George is at work.

Agreed!

I get amps in where other technicians recapped them with scavenged "Capxon" from computer supplies I mean, WHY??? You can get a good Nichicon HE or HW for under a buck! Hit the price break and we're talking nickels each.

Hahaha! Good ol' Tubelab George testing his plexi blast shield

Cheers!

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Didn't know they made so many, looks like they overlap so much, you could combine 5 series into 1.

I heard from a Nichicon engineer that they are at war with Panasonic. I think they're tossing them out and letting the free market decide. I noticed something was up between the two companies when the CAD went down and everything at Digikey went up, Nichicon and Panasonic caps actually went down as well!