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Re-Capping Hardware

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Just a quick question...

Where do people source their electrolytic capacitors from when they re-cap a circuit board?

Do you buy a bulk lot from a Chinese source on EBay? (Cheap)

Do you buy individual capacitors from a know reputable brand, only buying the ones you need for the current task? (Time consuming and expensive)

Or do you buy the re-cap kits that are available from some retro suppliers. (A bit more expensive but very convenient)

Is there a list of all the capacitor required for all the various Commodore motherboards?

The capacitors in my random electronic parts are probably as old as some of the hardware I want to repair.

A quick selection of ideas would be great.

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Personally I usually buy all components from mouser.com or element14 (farnell.com).

I have also bought Vishay capacitors on ebay, but they were not cheap and sent with DHL express (which made them even more expensive :lol: ).

Anyway, most ceramic capacitors are probably fine, but if you want electrolytic that last for a long time, go for a well-known brand.
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I get mine from Mouser and Digikey. They only sell new parts.
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Nichicon capacitors are also very good quality. https://www.digikey.com/en/supplier-cen ... gLoSfD_BwE
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Thanks guys. It sounds like the consensus is to buy quality parts and only buy the parts that you need rather than a bulk lot of parts that you won't need.

Thanks for the links specific parts. That would save people time except that the only two prong Vic I own I have never turned on as I don't have the power supply for it. :(

I also found on one of the retro suppliers lists of part values for different models.

I have a bunch of C64s and Vics that I would like to re-cap as part of their restoration. I also have some power supplies that need repair which may only be the capacitors.

Hawk.
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