On Tue, 24 Feb 2009, Dave McGuire wrote:
Yes, there was
a rash of ultra cheap counterfeit capacitors a while
back, and the problem is still not solved.
Yup:
http://deep-blue.ro/tmp/chinese%20capacitor.jpg
That's the most insane thing I think I've ever seen. I'd heard about the
dodgy formula that was causing caps to burst some years ago, but never
this kind of thing... Wow. Thanks for the pic Dave.
g.
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