question about part in picture

[Nigel Goodwin]

modern electrolytics are EXTREMELY unreliable.

I've never had an electrolytic capacitor fail in my projects. I use mostly name-brand ones, a few used ones and even a few Chinese ones.

Remember a few (5 years?) years ago when nearly every brand of anything electronic had their Chinese electrolitic capacitors fail when they were new?
I know some guys who made a career of nothing but changing them.

Still doing it :lol:

Apparently a company who manufactures electrolyte for capacitors had an employee poached by another company. He took with him the details for their yet to be produced new electrolyte - and the new company put it into production. Meanwhile the original company continued development until it was ready for release - manufacturers using the 'pre-release' electrolyte had all their capacitors fail very early :lol:

I've never had capacitors fail in projects either, but (like yourself) I'm not buying massive quantities at the lowest possible price!.

 

[audioguru]

had an employee poached by another company.

Poor guy. Boiled alive? What a way to go.
My wifey won a live lobster at the store. It was the biggest that we have ever seen. It didn't quite fit into the biggest pot we have. Poor thing. It was delicous. :lol: