[rescue] Slightly OT: Bad Cap Saga

[Jay Monkman]

On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 11:53:45AM -0700, Curious George wrote:
> Perhaps I was not clear.  I am seeing *capacitors* with
> 10 (or more) different "brands" -- the number of different
> "equipment manufacturers is far more than that!

As I understand it, a lot of capacitors have different labels, but
come from the same manufacturer. In other words, a capacitor with a
Susumi label and one with a Hermei label could have come from the same
manufacturer.