NOS Caps not a good idea?

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FourT6and2
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NOS Caps not a good idea?

Post by FourT6and2 » Sat May 13, 2017 9:33 pm

I just received some of these BC 10uF, 160v caps for the bias supply of a build. There's no way to know how long they've been sitting on the shelf. But I measured them and they all come in at 13.5uF. That is a 35% variance, which is pretty huge. Although the caps are rated -10% / +50%.

So, my question is when caps like this go bad from age and non-use, do they tend to drift up or drift down? And would y'all feel comfortable using these?

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