[Boatanchors] New Capacitor Physical Sizes

[Bill Henderson]

I had forgotten about that numbering system where the third digit is the
number of zeroes....

That's quite possible....

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On Tue, Sep 10, 2019 at 7:54 PM Grant Youngman <ghyoungman at gmail.com> wrote:

> 220 in the capacitance field of the part number does in fact indicate 22
> uF.  221 would indicate 220 uF.
>
> And it looks like the KXG-series only goes to 100 uF at 450V (that would
> be 101 in the part number's capacitance field).
>
> Grant NQ5T
>
>
>
> > On Sep 10, 2019, at 7:23 PM, Nick England <navy.radio at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Manufacturer part number contains 220 for a 22uf Cap. So maybe that got
> > mixed in somewhere. Or these are Chinese caps with bogus markings.
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 10, 2019 at 5:25 PM Jacques Fortin <jacques.f at videotron.ca>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Bob,
> >>
> >> I agree with you that a 220µF, 450V cap having that size (3/8 "
> diameter,
> >> ~15/16" high) is impossible.
> >> From private exchange with Doug, they are identified as NIPPON CHEML-CON
> >> EKXG.
> >> And guess what ? From the NIPPON CHEMI-CON EKXG capacitors spec. list, a
> >> part having 220µF at 450V does not exist !
> >> Can be worse than counterfeit parts... bogus ones !
> >>
> >> 73, Jacques, VE2JFE
> >>
> >> -----Message d'origine-----
> >> De : boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> >> <boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net> De la part de Bob Groh
> >> Envoyé : 10 septembre 2019 16:57
> >> À : Doug Hensley <w5jv at hotmail.com>
> >> Cc : boatanchors mailman.qth.net <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
> >> Objet : Re: [Boatanchors] New Capacitor Physical Sizes
> >>
> >> I don't know of any 'magic' that would make a 220 uFd, 450 WVDC
> capacitor
> >> that small.  Call me skeptical!  Like 'very skeptical' - think there is
> a
> >> stock mixup at the supply end of things.
> >>
> >> Bob Groh, WA2CKY
> >>
> >> On Sun, Sep 8, 2019 at 11:54 AM Doug Hensley <w5jv at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Yesterday I received an order which was for some HV caps to recap a
> >>> Heath p.s. section.  The values were like 220 uF @ 450V.
> >>>
> >>> What I got was those values but the cap is tiny.  If I stood it up and
> >>> stood a .25 cent piece next
> >>> to it, wouldn't surprise me if the quarter wasn't taller.   Diameter
> was
> >>> about 3/8".
> >>>
> >>> Holy smokes folks, has anyone tried one of these new micro-caps?
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