eBay Store Feedback and Some Observations

[bandersen]

Mouse and DigiKey sell axial film caps from other makers including Vishay/Roederstein

https://www.mouser.com/c/passive-com...0VDC&instock=y

[Chris K]

Originally Posted by bandersen

Mouse and DigiKey sell axial film caps from other makers including Vishay/Roederstein

https://www.mouser.com/c/passive-com...0VDC&instock=y

Wow...good information. I've never seen those.

[bandersen]

Cost a bit more, but many of them are polypropylene which is generally superior to polyester. Not that it matters in most of what we do. Either is much better than paper.

[Chris K]

Yeah...just bought 5 of the 0.047 and 5 0.022 and it cost $30 with shipping

[Kevin Kuehn]

The MKT series are metalized polyester film according to the data sheet. Is there something on Mouser that shows the country of origin when you're on a specific item? Tariff is based on country, but I don't see it listed.

[Kevin Kuehn]

Originally Posted by Chris K

Yeah...just bought 5 of the 0.047 and 5 0.022 and it cost $30 with shipping

Did you notice there's almost a 50% discount when you order in quantity of 10?

[Chris K]

Yes but I didn't want to buy that many. Penny wise and pound foolish. So, I guess the consensus is the Supertech electrolytic caps are Chinese repackaged fakes? I want to contact the seller and ask what is going on but I'd like some opinions on the capacitor with the "u" printed on it. I looked at hundreds of Google images of Asian manufactured E-caps and didn't find anything that looked like it.

[Kevin Kuehn]

There's no way to know who made them, or to what specification. They could have been made for someone that bailed before payment, so the manufacture ran them back through the shrink wrap machine for the next order in line.

[Chris K]

I contacted him and apparently he has an ongoing relationship with Supertech and their sales representative and wants to get to the bottom of it. Got immediately back to me. I will post when I hear anything.

[Kevin Kuehn]

Unfortunately most of these catchy names are nothing more than marketing. I'm surprised no one has requested Super Flux on their shrink wrapper.

[Kevin Kuehn]

I did a google image search and got a couple hits with the same logo. Unfortunately I'm not much good at translating anything but English. After looking at the Supertech website I'm inclined to think they don't really manufacture any of the caps they're marketing.

https://www.ho-hua.com.tw/h/ProductD...oductId=372614

[Chris K]

Thanks for this! When I went down that rabbit hole I found some company registration sites that characterized ST as a business with 10-15 employees. Not Nichicon for sure. I did peel a 10uf cap I got from them and it was not rebranded…just the aluminum can under the wrap but a second 33uf cap was the same rebranded cap as the first.

[TV-collector]

Hi all,

If you really want good caps, they are really made in Germany,
you can buy them from a guy I know by person, a serious person.

https://www.die-wuestens.de/eindex.htm

Problem could be the shipping price (since Corona) and and the new taxes
since D.T.

But feel free to ask!

Regards,
TV-collector

[Alex KL-1]

Originally Posted by TV-collector

Hi all,

If you really want good caps, they are really made in Germany,
you can buy them from a guy I know by person, a serious person.

https://www.die-wuestens.de/eindex.htm

Problem could be the shipping price (since Corona) and and the new taxes
since D.T.

But feel free to ask!

Regards,
TV-collector

I'm saved this link. Perhaps now with European-Mercosul market taxes becomes more interesting here to buy from there

[Chris K]

Originally Posted by TV-collector

Hi all,

If you really want good caps, they are really made in Germany,
you can buy them from a guy I know by person, a serious person.

https://www.die-wuestens.de/eindex.htm

Problem could be the shipping price (since Corona) and and the new taxes
since D.T.

But feel free to ask!

Regards,
TV-collector

Thank you very much. I will theck it out.