Fake Nichicon 100uF 450v GN (M)

[abhi.1981]

Hello,
Just opened a fake Nichicon cap. Checked the technical data, and nothing matches. The capacitance and ESR are okay though. Interestingly, the legs are made of brass

[redwire]

Re: Fake Nichicon 100uF 450v GN (M)

It doesn't look fake to me. Brass legs? I don't see that.
"capacitance and ESR are okay" but nothing matches technical data. What do you mean?

[abhi.1981]

Re: Fake Nichicon 100uF 450v GN (M)

I mean that as per the GN series technical datasheet, the dimensions and label of this cap do not match. This cap is 40x22mm with blue label. But as per datasheet the label should be black and dimensions max. 25x35mm. The specs may have changed and this might be an old one. Maybe this cap has been salvaged.
Regarding the legs, it didn't stick to a magnet, so I scraped it and found that it was brass.

[AleXis6]

Re: Fake Nichicon 100uF 450v GN (M)

The specs may have changed and this might be an old one.

when it was produced?
based on the current datasheet 40*22 is size for 100uF*500V
but I never seen Nichicon with such top picture

[abhi.1981]

Re: Fake Nichicon 100uF 450v GN (M)

[QUOTE=AleXis6;1267876]when it was produced?

no idea.
thanks for sharing the diagram