<div dir="auto"><div>Lol. I wonder why? Did they use butter as the electrolyte? </div><div dir="auto"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Oct 20, 2020, 5:25 PM Kenny Balys <<a href="mailto:kenny@beatkamp.com">kenny@beatkamp.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
Old British capacitors smell like popcorn (as I found out bringing up<br>
a long forgotten Acorn computer)<br>
<br>
hmmmmm whats that delicious sme..... oh no! switch it off!!!<br>
<br>
<br>
On 20.10.20 21:11 , drheqx wrote:<br>
> That's hilarious and very interesting.<br>
><br>
> On Tue, Oct 20, 2020, 4:22 PM S Ridley <<a href="mailto:spridley1@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">spridley1@gmail.com</a><br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:spridley1@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">spridley1@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> >But none smell as bad as Swedish Rifa caps.<br>
><br>
> That fishy smell is normally a reliable warning of dying electrolytics.<br>
><br>
> A few months ago I wasted half an hour looking for a bad electrolytic, only<br>
> to find my colleague had had tinned mackerel for lunch and thrown the tin in<br>
> the bin by my bench!<br>
><br>
> Steve<br>
><br>
> On Tue, 20 Oct 2020 at 20:57, Ben Stuyts <<a href="mailto:ben@stuyts.nl" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">ben@stuyts.nl</a><br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:ben@stuyts.nl" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">ben@stuyts.nl</a>>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> But none smell as bad as Swedish Rifa caps.<br>
><br>
> Ben<br>
><br>
><br>
>> On 20 Oct 2020, at 12:01, tpuefke via Synth-diy<br>
>> <<a href="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a>>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> let's not go there.<br>
>> it's a pun alluding to germanium i would have guessed, which is not<br>
>> un-clever.<br>
>> i can't see anything xenophobic about that and there's really no need<br>
>> to politicise it.<br>
>> there's lots of good and bad things to say about China and<br>
>> manufacturing practices, but i don't think this is the place for that<br>
>> discussion either.<br>
>><br>
>> also, a lot of bad caps actually come from Taiwan, so i have learned.<br>
>> there you go.<br>
>><br>
>> have a good one :)<br>
>> Tom<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
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>> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐<br>
>> On Tuesday, 20. October 2020 11:36, Miles Stevens<br>
>> <<a href="mailto:milesstevens89@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">milesstevens89@gmail.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:milesstevens89@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">milesstevens89@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> So in this case, 'Chineseum' means what exactly? Is it a manufacturer?<br>
>>><br>
>>> Just looking for an explaination that isn't quite xenophobic...<br>
>>><br>
>>> On Tue, 20 Oct 2020 at 02:31, Jimmy Moore <<a href="mailto:jamoore84@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">jamoore84@gmail.com</a><br>
>>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:jamoore84@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">jamoore84@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> CuriousMarc?<br>
>>><br>
>>> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/mverdiell" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/user/mverdiell</a><br>
>>><br>
>>> His channel is awesome.<br>
>>><br>
>>> On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 7:59 AM drheqx <<a href="mailto:drheqx@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">drheqx@gmail.com</a><br>
>>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:drheqx@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">drheqx@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> Watched a video of a guy having to change every electrolytic<br>
>>> cap in a behringer mixer because they were literally all bad<br>
>>> in some way. Now I'm working on a samson 16 channel mixer.<br>
>>> Upon opening it I see numerous electrolytic caps that are<br>
>>> physically falling apart or with signs of getting ready to pop.<br>
>>><br>
>>> I really hope that modern synths built by certain companies<br>
>>> are not using these substandard caps. I'm now replacing<br>
>>> hundreds of xyz caps with Panasonic.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Mike<br>
>>> __<br>
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