On 18 Dec 2011 at 19:46, Holm Tiffe wrote:
> He was loughing loudly, Frolyt builds electrolytics here since ages..
> The recipe of the electrolyte is top secret.
Is that a challenge for somebody to cut oepn a acpacitor and anaylse the
electrolyte?
It's amazing to me that in my entire life, I have never run across a
Frolyt capacitor. Until the rise of China and Japan, it has been
Now hae I. And like you I must have seen thousands of electrolytics in my
lifetime.
brands such as Sprague, Cornell-Duplier, Electrovox,
Mallory, etc.
Over here ther were also TCC (which IIRC was 'Telephone|Telegraph
Condenser Company' and LCR (who at one time had a serios reliability
problem with the rivits on the connecting tags. TV repairers who've fixed
Philis G11 sets will know that one).
Afterwards, Nichicon, Elna and the other usual
suspects.
Frolyt must be very specialized.
-tony