Does this really happen with caps?

Nightfall
Nightfall Posts: 10,086
edited August 2014 in Electronics
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afterburnt wrote: »
They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,420
    edited August 2014
    holy crap!
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,026
    edited August 2014
    hahahahahaaaaaa!!!!
    that can't be real!
    I disabled signatures.
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    edited August 2014
    msg wrote: »
    that can't be real!
    That's what I'm wondering.
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

    Village Idiot of Club Polk
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  • Sci-fi Polk Guy
    Sci-fi Polk Guy Posts: 194
    edited August 2014
    Nightfall wrote: »
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    Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude!! Kinda reminds me of when Toto pulled the curtain and exposed the Wizard of Oz.
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  • quicksilvergts
    quicksilvergts Posts: 274
    edited August 2014
    I believe it. I bought fake flash drives just to compare to real ones.
    And it was pretty amazing.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,566
    edited August 2014
    It's a joke.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited August 2014
    I'm pretty sure that if your caps are from a reputable source, that's NOT a problem. But I would not put it past some Chinese (fly-by-night) companies to do something like that. Not ALL but some. There is/are plenty of fraud and fakes in China. In fact there is an entire area in the port city of Beijing, Tianjin, that is devoted to knockoffs of every famous brand you can think of; a venue, NOT for tourists but for the Chinese themselves! lol

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  • brgman
    brgman Posts: 2,859
    edited August 2014
    I'd be very concerned if i were you.
    You should rip out all of your caps and hacksaw them open tonight.
    Please post pics.
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,603
    edited August 2014
    It's a joke! But they will swell up and come apart. When I got my Infinity RSIIIa's. There was a cap on one XO that had swelled and came apart. There were little rolls of paper and foil on the XO board.
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  • brgman
    brgman Posts: 2,859
    edited August 2014
    brgman wrote: »
    I'd be very concerned if i were you.
    You should rip out all of your caps and hacksaw them open tonight.
    Please post pics.

    Geez, i better clarify that i am joking.
    Everybody knows good equipment will have reliable,well made caps.

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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,500
    edited August 2014
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,566
    edited August 2014
    brgman wrote: »
    Geez, i better clarify that i am joking.
    Everybody knows good equipment will have reliable,well made caps.

    (Emotiva owners YMMV)

    :lol:
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    edited August 2014
    BRGMAN, karma to you for making me laugh. Twice. :lol:
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

    Village Idiot of Club Polk
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited August 2014
    It's just like shipping. Double 'boxed' for safety. You should see the little tubes in IC chips.
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  • WLDock
    WLDock Posts: 3,073
    edited August 2014
    brgman wrote: »
    Geez, i better clarify that i am joking.
    Everybody knows good equipment will have reliable,well made caps.

    (Emotiva owners YMMV)
    Emo sure does take a lot of cheap shots....:)

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    Not quite Panasonic caps....but a measured 410 watts x 2 @ 4 Ohms with a $700 MSRP. An amp with higher quality parts, caps, etc. like Panasonic or better and that much power will have an MSRP at least twice as much. It is what it is....and there is a market for it....not sure why they keep getting hit below the belt?

    Anyway, the OP's picture reminds me of the HUGE cap debate in Car Audio years ago. There were comparisons done here and there and several large 1 Farad caps were cut open. There was quite a difference between the dielectric material inside. Some almost look the picture in the OP.
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  • RamZet
    RamZet Posts: 792
    edited August 2014
    Lasareath wrote: »
    Did you guys ever see this?

    Don't buy batteries on ebay!

    http://www.geek.com/news/buyer-beware-unbranded-battery-packs-may-be-full-of-sand-1544064/

    Awesome!
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