'Woeful Wimas!

[Old Sparky]

In another thread on this forum, I referred to a capacitor with a cracked case as a 'woeful wima! (Thinking about 'Horrible Hunts' I guess) Because those old Wima Capacitors often fail in a similar way, perhaps the term 'woeful wima' is appropriate, and may, in time, be commonly used!

[Joe]

Along with "Dubious Dubliners."

- Joe

[AlanBeckett]

Did you mean 'Dubious Dubiliers' young Joe?
You don't want to upset our Cousins across the waters.

Terrible TCCs?

Alan

[Skywave]

And on a +ve note, we have Mullard's Marvellous Mustards: MMM !

Al.

[Skywave]

LL: Leaky Lencos.

Al.

[Joe]

That wasn't a typo, Alan; I thought they were named after Dublin's Fair City.

TCC = Totally ***p Capacitor.

- Joe

[Kalee20]

And don't forget the Repulsive Rifas... if you see their X capacitors fitted across-the-line, Replace Ruthlessly!

[Refugee]

Repulsive Rifas even fail without being connected to anything.
These are the Wima version of the Rifa ones that go up in smoke.

[AlanBeckett]

Dubilier are still in existance - http://www.dubilier.co.uk/products/capacitors/

Alan

[Nick]

And don't forget the Repulsive Rifas...

Shouldn't that be "smoking RIFAs"

Their power electrolytics are wonderful. ..