I picked up four Elana 10,000uf 80 volt caps as part of a project I have. I've been getting an assortment of caps for fitting into a replacement package for a 2285B Marantz and I have been trying different brands and types. But, I ordered these off my phone while at a event and bored. Got to thinking about some of the comments I had read and even though the seller has 198000 feedbacks and 99% +, I decided to dig a bit. What I found is that currently Elana doesn't make a 10,000uf cap at 80 volts.. and I can't find where they ever did. By the time I went back to the seller and asked, they had already shipped the caps. But they never addressed my concerns about the caps being fakes.
So the caps arrived tonight. The caps look like the were printed by my 14 year old. really shoddy printing. Not one of the four met ESR spec of 10,000 uf .. all where about 8,000uf with high resistance. The real kicker is when I hooked them up to my leak tester. None of the four made it over 50 volts before total failure on leakage. Two started to leak at 25 volts.
So in short, the caps are pure crap.. 6 bucks apiece.. I've already started the process for return /refund.
With this said, my other order off eBay of 4 Nichicon's at 6800 uf and 63 volts but with radial leads checked out perfectly. Number match the catalog.. measurements right on the money.. no leakage till I go over 55 volts ( 75)and then it's only a bit.
So the caps arrived tonight. The caps look like the were printed by my 14 year old. really shoddy printing. Not one of the four met ESR spec of 10,000 uf .. all where about 8,000uf with high resistance. The real kicker is when I hooked them up to my leak tester. None of the four made it over 50 volts before total failure on leakage. Two started to leak at 25 volts.
So in short, the caps are pure crap.. 6 bucks apiece.. I've already started the process for return /refund.
With this said, my other order off eBay of 4 Nichicon's at 6800 uf and 63 volts but with radial leads checked out perfectly. Number match the catalog.. measurements right on the money.. no leakage till I go over 55 volts ( 75)and then it's only a bit.