[sdiy] What happened to Mylar (Polyester) Capacitors

[Oscar Salas]

Like for example
http://gr.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Kemet/C410C102J1G5CA/?qs=sGAEpiMZZMuAYrNc52CMZPJhxtnDkxmzt3vvtOjulc8%3d


> You could try Ceramic NPO instead of Polypropylenes.
>> Still working on the BOM for my new synth project.  I used to use these
>> Polyester (Mylar) Caps that you could get through Mouser that were made
>> by Xicon.  They just don't seem to be there any more.  What happened?  I
>> also used to use the Xicon Polystyrene capacitors.  I was relieved to
>> see that those are still available,  but they are not ROHS (which just
>> doesn't matter to me).  The main attraction was they were dirt cheap.
>>
>> This really sucks.  Don't do SDIY for a few years and BAM, all the parts
>> just disappear.
>>
>> I did find some Polypropylene parts at mouser, but they were a lot
>> pricer than I remember the Xicon parts (Although, I bet these are much
>> higher quality).
>>
>> Oh, well, I will keep looking.
>>
>> -Jim
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