Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitor Short circuit failure and Infant mortality

[OwO]

If you don't have oversight of your contractors and proper QC processes you are going to face the same issues whereever you go. Local contractors are just as capable of substituting rubbish parts I've so far had no quality issues that are due to parts, and I specifically use substitutes when possible

[ormaaj]

This surprises people? When I see "Nichicon" or any other big name Japanese cap either mixed with Chinese randos or in any built-to-a-price cheap consumer product, it's just a given that its 100% counterfeit. That doesn't mean they're any worse than any other random no-name cap. I just consider them no-names.

What moron would use expensive caps when cost matters and almost no clueless consumer will know the difference? Genuine ones only come from major distributors and in the kinds of products you'd expect to see such things. Fakes are almost always 105C too.

A little funny to see this from an assembler but unsurprising. If you complain they'll probably be like "Duh they're fake. You were expecting otherwise??"

[wraper]

This surprises people? When I see "Nichicon" or any other big name Japanese cap either mixed with Chinese randos or in any built-to-a-price cheap consumer product, it's just a given that its 100% counterfeit.

Not necessarily counterfeit. Could be salvage from E-waste.

[Zero999]

This surprises people? When I see "Nichicon" or any other big name Japanese cap either mixed with Chinese randos or in any built-to-a-price cheap consumer product, it's just a given that its 100% counterfeit.

Not necessarily counterfeit. Could be salvage from E-waste.

But if the device/components are sold as new, when they're really second hand, it's still fraud, which is a bad as counterfeit.