Rule #1 stands: No cost cutting parts listings or form factor substitutions allowed in this combined forces operation, for these reasons:
Only the best parts available should be posted for recap noobs like myself to read. I really don't want to supply information for cutting corners on quality. We're preserving Macs for posterity, so it's another 25 years of life expectancy for a specified part or nothing.
Anyone wanting to save money by buying parts of lesser quality can figure it out on their own. If they can't do that, as I can't (and do not wish to spend time on learning enough to do so) they shouldn't be questioning the cost of a recap, but should look at it as the cost of this information service. I don't want noobs (myself) confused by too much information posted in the articles headed into the WiKi.
Any implication that replacing caps that were made long enough ago and under quality controls that allowed them to last until now, or fairly recently, can be replaced with caps made under quality control tolerances meant for disposable consumer electronics with a 5 year/minus life expectancy are expressly verboten.
If mouser sells the good stuff, fine, maybe we can add them as an alternative, that' something to be determined. The minimum requirement for any article with its attendant list of links to hit the WiKi is a DigiKey order spec for North America and equivalent suppliers for the rest of the world's market areas.
Thank you all for your input, it is greatly appreciated.
More rules to be posted as the need arises.
Only the best parts available should be posted for recap noobs like myself to read. I really don't want to supply information for cutting corners on quality. We're preserving Macs for posterity, so it's another 25 years of life expectancy for a specified part or nothing.
Anyone wanting to save money by buying parts of lesser quality can figure it out on their own. If they can't do that, as I can't (and do not wish to spend time on learning enough to do so) they shouldn't be questioning the cost of a recap, but should look at it as the cost of this information service. I don't want noobs (myself) confused by too much information posted in the articles headed into the WiKi.
Any implication that replacing caps that were made long enough ago and under quality controls that allowed them to last until now, or fairly recently, can be replaced with caps made under quality control tolerances meant for disposable consumer electronics with a 5 year/minus life expectancy are expressly verboten.
If mouser sells the good stuff, fine, maybe we can add them as an alternative, that' something to be determined. The minimum requirement for any article with its attendant list of links to hit the WiKi is a DigiKey order spec for North America and equivalent suppliers for the rest of the world's market areas.
Thank you all for your input, it is greatly appreciated.
More rules to be posted as the need arises.