Cheap Chinese electrolytics

From: John Foust <jfoust at threedee.com> To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Subject: Re: Cheap Chinese electrolytics - a plague - Re: TV -> D-Sub converter possible? Message-ID: <201112171752.pBHHptS8082368 at billy.ezwind.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" John Foust <jfoust at threedee.com> wrote: ..."When it first started happening, I heard the excuse it was a case of industrial espionage gone wrong where an ingredient was left out of the recipe..." at the time I heard 3 guys from the factory got together and stole 3 parts of the formula from a tiawanese factory and defected to mainland china for a $1M bounty. But they didn't know of a 4th part; the corrosion inhibitor. Without the 4th part the caps were supposed to little time bombs, slowly eating away at their aluminum cases. I do know I woke up one night after having a dream of popcorn popping only to find a ATX p/s with caps going off like popcorn in the room next door. I unplugged the PC and put it in the bath tub and went back to sleep. Changed out the p/s the next day and it worked fine. ________________________________