Faulty caps from WES

May 25, 2012 2 Replies

Some weeks ago, I purchased 100 X 470uF 25Volt electros. WES part number: 470WLR25. Wehn I pulled a couple from the bag, I noticed some blcak fluid on some of the caps. I eventually found 15 faulty caps. All were showing leakage from the top of the cap. A phone call to WES elicited both an excellent response and a truly disturbing response.



Response #1 (from a sales monkey):



"It's ONLY 15 out of 100."



YIKES! I then demanded to speak to a human.



His response:



"Very sorry sir. That batch was faulty. Just throw them out and we will send a new batch to you today."



If anyone has purchased these caps in the past three months, be careful. I certainly won't be using any of them. Even the ones that appear to be OK.


Trevor Wilson www.rageaudio.com.au

"Trevor Wilson"

** Jamicon brand - sell for 50 cents each plus gst.

Claimed to be low Z and high ripple.

** In the cat. it says " Not suitable for audio. " ???

Now, that * IS * alarming !!!!

.... Phil

Jamicon's are not suitable for *anything* that has powered applied.

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