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Re:Ti NE555 – real vs fake: weekend die-shot by hatsunearu on Monday July 03, 2017 @03:57AM (#14686626)
I honestly have a hard time believing this--rubycon is a good capacitor brand; why would you put a 'decent' capacitor in a fake product instead of using some cheap chinese crap?
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Re:Ti NE555 – real vs fake: weekend die-shot by qb45 on Monday July 03, 2017 @05:37AM (#14687031)
It might be Ruhycon.

Or maybe recycled, note the short legs. Part of this e-waste you are now obliged to dispose of "responsibly" lands on dump sites in Asia or Africa. Some of that ends up harvested for parts.

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