Caiman Mods

[HighFidelityGuy]

Balls.

Thanks for the info.
I'll wait and see what happens and let you all know accordingly.

For those that ordered 1 pair of regs and Wilmas the VAT should be £2.88 I think. That's based on me not charging any VAT on the Rubycons or shipping which I obviously won't do as they already include VAT.

That means that the regs will be approx £9.48 each inc VAT but excluding delivery. That's still significantly cheaper than Farnell so it's not too bad I guess.

I'll work out all the VAT figures for everyone once I've got the details from Mouser and let you all know in due course.

Apologies for this slight cockup. Hopefully the rest of the rest of this will go a little more smoothly.

[chrism]

Don't worry Dave,

Still very happy with the deal and thanks for sorting it for us. The regs are still far cheaper than I could have bought them for.

Regards

Chris

[HighFidelityGuy]

There's some good news and some bad news.

Bad news first:

I got outbid on the Rubycon auction and I didn't get offered a 2nd chance as the seller has now run out. Apparently these caps are quite rare which I hadn't realised. So it looks like it's going to be impossible to get hold of any within the next week.

So I started frantically hunting round for alternatives and found THESE. They are identical to the Rubycon's in size and spec with the exception of the max operating temperature, which is 85 on the Rubycon's and 105 on these. So in theory the RS ones are more rugged I guess. They are also as near as makes no difference the same price. (They work out a couple of pence more expensive with VAT so I'll not charge any extra).

I've run this past Stan and he's given them his seal of approval.
Thanks Stan.

So I've ordered a bunch of these to fulfill everyones orders.
I hope this is ok with everyone? If anyone would overwhelmingly prefer to use the Rubycons for some reason then please let me know as I'm using the few I have left to supplement the order, so some of you will be getting them anyway. It's first come first served on this though. If nobody asks for the Rubycon's I'll assign them randomly. Just to clarify on this; I'll make up as many full orders as possible out of the Rubycon's and then use the RS caps. I won't mix cap makes. The RS caps should be arriving on Monday.

I apologise for this other slight cockup. I've done my best to resolve the issue and hopefully the next bit of news will cheer you all up.

The regs have arrived! Yay.
Oh and the Wilmas but they're less exciting.


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Look at the little fellas, they're so cute.
£1 used for size comparison.

They look much smaller in person than I imagined they would be. So they'll certainly fit in the case without any bother.

Once the RS caps arrive I'll start packing everything up ready to ship out.

Mouser sent me a new invoice with the VAT charge. It's £34.38 all together. So I'll work out how much each person owes individually and get back to you about this ASAP.

That's all for now.

[Covenant]

Hi Dave,
Just to confirm I am not bothered which make I get. Thanks again for all your work on this, it really is appreciated.

[Gazjam]

Rubycons for me if possible Dave, but as I was late to the Party in getting my name on the list, I'll respectively back away if any of the early adopters wish them.

+1 What Jerry said, thanks for your efforts Dave.

[MartinT]

If you can't get Rubycon electrolytics then I can recommend Nichicon which are readily available and sound excellent.

[smurfbrain]

Dave I have some spare Rubycons if you need them. I have to dig them out and check how many i have left.

[MartinT]

I hate to tell you this but those RS capacitors are made by CapXon, the very Chinese manufacturer with a very bad reputation as a result of their capacitors being used in all the early Sky HD boxes made by Thomson that failed within a year. I know because I had to replace all the CapXon capacitors in my Sky HD PSU. I would avoid them.

Nichicons are great!

[HighFidelityGuy]

Ok, I've had a couple of requests for Rubycon's so I think that will use up all the ones I have.

It looks like Nichicon do make some non-polar caps with the right specs but I've so far not found anywhere in the UK that stocks them. Most places don't seem to have a very good range of non-polar electrolytic caps despite their availability from manufacturers. I guess it's supply and demand at work.

If anyone can find any suitable caps in stock anywhere in the UK that they think will sound better than the RS ones then feel free to post a link and I'll take a look.

Cheers.

[MartinT]

They are available from Parts Connexion. I know they are abroad but their service is fast and pricing low. I have used these caps and can recommend them for sound quality: they are part of the MUSE range and designed for audio.

http://www.partsconnexion.com/capaci...chicon_es.html