#134 - Question/Answer: Japanese Capacitors

[nofreedomofspeech]

All American hardware manufacturers so proudly state on their boxes "Japanese capacitors!" lol

[2ndAsstJizzMopper]

funny as hell thinking back to when i was a kid, listening to people talk about cheap japanese electronics shit.

[361767745]

low quality products made for stupid people...cause they need it...

[361767745]

low quality products made for stupid people...cause they need it...

[savelkaunas]

oh, talking head!

[ZombeTheImmortal]

0:00 - 0:05 Rodney is censored :(

[Avataryoutuification]

So if a capacitor explodes or leaks, does this put components at risk? Whats the chances? I hav a CIT 500 w PSU with 27 amps 12+v dual railing and 30amps 5 v railing..

[Watcher3223]

Another way to know if your caps are Japanese: recognize the brands and their logos.

Matsushita, a.k.a. Panasonic

Rubycon

Nichicon

Nippon Industries

Nippon Chemi-con

Elna

Sanyo

And, buying your computer parts from reputable companies isn't always a guarantee that the product you'll buy from them will have Japanese capacitors.

About the only non-Japanese capacitor manufacturer I'd trust would be Jamicon as they use electrolyte sourced from a Japanese manufacturer.

[lapulapu12345]

hey how could i replace a capacitor on a motherboard?

[f4gtastic]

Chinese crap...

[ekgomes]

good dude

[Balmer1]

;-)

[IIIlllll]

I hope Ultra X3's aren't made in China :P

[bhushan790]

Everythings made in china....MY NIGGA!

[impsick]

Actually America "made" the best capacitors back in the day. There are only a handful of mfg's in America and non of which are making caps for your motherboard.

Basically Rubycon and Nichicon are what you want to see on your board.

[videoslacker]

I can name two of them off the top of head. One is called American Capacitor Corporation and the other is Duracap. Of course, neither of these will be found in a general purpose computers or embedded systems. The capacitors that those two companies make are for industrial grade electronics.

[marcusnns]

so america's makes the bad ones! knew it.

[acidglow]

Keep up the good videos.

[britrb32]

Looks like someone will be on a Chinese hit list!!

[3GMADMIN]

He is just telling us like it is. I just replaced 5 busted caps on a motherboard that was built in China. I'm not saying that all of China products are low quality, but they don't seem to care much about it. As long as they are making big profits it's not a problem for them. I'm sure if China put the same measures they have on babies milk maybe things would change. Hopefully some of these bad capacitors will make it back into their own products. I've already seen some solid state caps blow.. sad

[macrick]

LOL

[dannukesem]

I've had it happen.

[Mandalorx10]

Damn chines!

[InternetSandman]

the won't leak, bulge, or EXPLODE!?!?!?!

[CiniCraft]

damn those Chinese...

[3DGAMEMAN]

Find more about Capacitor Plague at Wiki

[vesleengen]

best advise for those looking to buy a new PC:

DON'T CHEAP OUT ON THE PSU!

I'd rather play with less fps or having rendering take a little more time then having a weak ass psu with unstable voltages that might damage the system or even catch fire or explode

[AM2196]

exacly, and try to get a psu that has a high amperage, not just watts

[DeadHand1992]

china is cheap, everywhere else is not, take a look at a high quality asus mobo sometime and you can tell the difference between that and some shitty chinese mobo in a dell or HP computer

[janadal86]

Whilst HP uses Asus motherboards :)

[Heartagramerz]

China doesn't know technology that well....

Most popular companies Asia are from Korea and Japan and Thailand I think anyway I don't think there is 1 company from China is there??

I'm not saying I hate China at all just saying it's a country that develops??

[LolChickenPie]

G.Skill is in China.

[Heartagramerz]

nope its Taiwan

[D0M1N8R1x]

How many companies make capacitors in Japan and do they all follow this high standard? How many in China and are they all low standard? How many in other parts of the worlds and are they all worst then Japan? I don't get why the country the parts are made in gets total credit over the company that makes them.

[prsurici24]

why is he shaking his head

[riffz0r]

THERE'S THAT SEXY FLEECE AGAIN

[Epsilon0703]

I think Japan gets there stuff from the future! They have automatic doors on their cabs. That's crazy! I wanna live there!

[rzkesp]

If you want a good PS:

PC Power and Cooling.

Go to their website and you will see they post their testing specs and equipment specs. Good company.

That is their release specs. It includes even the test specifications. All of their equipment comes with a bill-of-testing and a quality assurance warranty. They will replace it if it dies within the year.

They are a good company and they use Japanese and German parts, and the power supplies are assembled in the USA.

100% recommended.

[SRedDragon]

Explode!!!! Then if i don't have a japanesse capacitors that mean it could explode?

[smalltime0]

there is a chance...

we arent talking major explosion, just like a hiss and smoke More burning than explosion

[Heartagramerz]

did he just say china sucks?

[j0j0joanna]

Yeah.

[JohnRazic]

This just makes china look bad

[rzkesp]

@JohnRazic:

China makes itself look bad.

I got an alarm clock that was made in china. It lasted for 50 seconds. A capacitor blew up and I couldn't sleep in my room all night because of the toxic smell. Thanks China!

[JohnRazic]

sigh! u get wut u paid for.

great china now has alarm clocks with capacitors that explode, whats next cell phones that explode?

[Dotszor]

Nokia cell phones already do. The battery explodes on some of the older models :P.

And they aren't even from China!

[konttka]

i dont think there are any capacitors inside the batteries themselves..

[MetalGhost360]

your stupid batteries have carbon,copper zinc and an alkali acid in them.

[mkh12152006]

I have an ABIT F-190HD...It has all Jap Cap and I love it.

[notskorn]

Nice shirt.

[oppomano]

wtf??? capacitors exploding?!?! lol

[LiquidZ2k]

E-machines and Gateways are notorious for using cheap caps. Ever had a PC die when you heard a loud pop? Chances are that was a cap exploding.

[gremlinkiller]

OCZ????

[LinuxGalore]

Japanese capacitors in general are less prone to manufacturing errors but it doesn't mean there are no cases were Japanese suppliers have not distributed lemons (recall of 240,000 IBM hardisks comes to mind). A good sign of quality is a company with the correct ISO certifications (AS9001) ie before any parts are used they are tested "extensively". Our company factory rejects about 27% of all parts supplied as below our quality assured spec and in a few cases the parts have been Japanese sourced.

[ogapadoga]

do taiwan use china or japanese components?or their own?

[evildwarf]

Taiwanese is less reliable than Japanese! Quality electronics do not use capacitors from Taiwan, remember that.

[3DGAMEMAN]

Caution: Only open PSU if you are qualified to do so.

[tombmxcrowley]

aka my cat.

[itsdannyftw]

Rofl.

China is bad. :(

I'm highly expecting a thumbs down; but yet, expecting thumbs up too. :D

[XxXDELTAxFOXTROTXxX]

Yup gave ya a thumbs up. ;)

[itsdannyftw]

(:.

So did I. ;D

[norb8]

Rodney maybe you should refrain from telling people from opening power supplies since I'm sure you know that a PSU still has enough power in it after its turned off and unplugged to kill a man.

[chrizftw]

Really? How many amps does it take again? Was it like 8 or something?

[norb8]

While completing my basic computer certifications, A+, CCNA, etc, you learn that opening a PSU without a high voltage is a bad idea.

[chrizftw]

That wasn't the question. And in any case as far as I know voltage is irrelevant as long as the amperage is low.

[Skumpcake]

Yeah, the higher the voltage, the more painful, (What I've heard in High School electrical 101 lol) but it's the amperage that can kill/cause serious bodily harm.

[Skumpcake]

To kill a person? About 50.

between 12-18 you will lose muscle control, and a person with a weaker heart or a condition will likely have a heart attack or similar episode and be hurt/ killed, but I know that around 30-50 you get into the killing range.

[3DGAMEMAN]

Caution: Only open PSU if you are qualified to do so.

[gaz52]

@norb8 Before you remove the psu, press the power button on the pc (make sure it's turned off at the wall). That's supposed to drain all the power away.

[iCuMlOuD]

He basically said China sucks.

[sergi5122]

he said that china makes shitty capacitors. you gotta be an asshole to judge countries by the quality of capacitors they make.

[GHostR001]

C'mon. Are you for real!? Anyone knows that China makes some bad quality products, and capacitors are one of them. How do you have a problem with that? You muct be an asshole for judgeing Rodney in the first place!

[sergi5122]

i never judged rodney, i was replying to icumioud because well he pretty much twisted rodney's words. and no, im not chineese, and yes, china does make shitty stuff, and well people buy it! but still it doesnt make it a shitty country... does it?

[thomas744]

lol the same end

[staticxmako]

just get caps that are really close the the microfarics and v

and replace when needed no bigy

they are cheap as fuck

solder gun =20bucks

caps =5c a peice so what ever

or get ssd's

altho im not sure if u can put a ssd in a standard cap spot?

hmm rodney!!!! answer lol

[FrapsChannel]

'That Are Made In China..' Rodney, you were about to smile just then! HeHe.

[ntune990]

you never responded to my email rodney...I NEEDED ANSWERS!!!!!!! AHHHHH!!!!!!!....no its ok.....i figured it out...

[MetalGhost360]

give him time he responds to mine all the time just send him a pm on youtube he will respond to that .

[LETHLSS]

rofl+

[nerddna]

that are made in china @ the end

lol

[Smegma007]

It's true. I'll repeat that in Japanese.本当です.

[nerddna]

aren't you special

[Smegma007]

Don't be jealous. It's rude.

[nerddna]

lol

[adam67]

Hontou Desu.

[Smegma007]

Hai. Exactly.

[TomTom20072007]

It's simple: the higher the price you pay, the higher the quality the product is.

you pay what you get.

[Jiraya12345]

By that logic, Macs should be godly compared to our 'commoner' computers

[AlexOnFire424]

Its Mac so no it cant.

[popiq90frost]

this video make China look bad

[weeksy79]

shame...after all that work they put into the Olympics to make it look half decent :/

[operationturkey]

oh, you mean forcefully rehousing people and destroying old towns/villages, generally violating people's human rights.

[weeksy79]

was a joke, i hate china too =]

[urlame101]

cool

thnx gameman

[batistablrmods]

Great Q/A, thanks Rodney.