Sourcing Compact Red Metal Film Caps

[Ginsly]

Stompbox Parts has em, and I planned on giving those a shot. They're all 5mm spacing but not sure how much the actual size varies. No idea what brand.

Looks like the ECQ series was discontinued a while ago, which is a shame. Super compact even at high values.

I love box caps but I thought it would be nice to have an assortment of these too. Trying to find the most economical way to grab a few dozen of several values.

Those who use em - what do you like for compact 5mm reds and where do you source them from? Is SBP my best bet?

 

[Betty Wont]

I buy Panasonic ECQ on ebay. You can still find 100 lots for $10-$20. I'm particularly fond of the 1uf in this series.

 

[Ginsly]

I buy Panasonic ECQ on ebay. You can still find 100 lots for $10-$20. I'm particularly fond of the 1uf in this series.

Thx Betty! I didn't know if there was something comparable currently in production, but seems like ya can't go wrong with the ECQ. I'll give eBay another look!

 

[Betty Wont]

Thx Betty! I didn't know if there was something comparable currently in production, but seems like ya can't go wrong with the ECQ. I'll give eBay another look!

They were the standard when I first started building in the 90s. Great for noobs because you can't accidentally melt them like box caps. I'm still nostalgic for them and use them in my personal and legacy builds. I don't know of anything new that have their form factor.

 

[pettert]

I bought lots of red ones from LCSC , search for polyester capacitor and then filter them with P=5.0mm plus 100V and under, and your search results will be glowing red like the east

The East Is Red (song) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Bonus, the manufacturers are called stuff like Joey, Kyet, Knscha, Weidy etc