Boutique caps in oil... reliable?


Hi Everyone,

Just kind of openly curious.  On occasion I will read a post here or there that a boutique film cap which uses oil as a dielectric has leaked (i.e. failed). 

Just wondering when it comes to these high end oil impregnated (or maybe even wax!) caps what your experience has been with long term reliability.

 

Thanks!

 

Erik

erik_squires

Showing 1 response by dekay

I once balked on purchasing Jensen PIO caps due to reports of leakage/failure, but this was approx. 20 years ago.

They are still around, so I assume that it was just a bad production run that made it to market.

 

DeKay