Nichicon KA real or fake?

[Duc luong 701]

Hi everyone, I bought this nichicon ka capacitor, I see this capacitor has a curved shape like the picture, and capacitors from reputable websites have straight legs, do I have to buy fake capacitors or are the curved legs? Really made to order

 

[irribeo]

LOL you can see they are not KA but KT. They look ok.

 

[motokok]

My KA from Mouser has a similar color but the leads are straight, and it says KA on it 🤣

 

[Conrad Hoffman]

The leg adjustment is something I think you can get from the factory, or have done by some distributors. Says nothing about whether the caps are real or fake.

 

[motokok]

I dunno about that. Mouser and Digikey show straight leads on their search results and so does the KA datasheet and so does the KA I bought from Mouser.

 

[kouiky]

Those are KT series, not KA.

 

[Brijac]

In datasheet of every capacitor, writes that additional letter/numbers are added to the end of the mfn number, which tell you how leads are formed/cut. These look legit, but if it's not from a reputable source, theres no telling. I usually get cut leads when i find it in stock, much easier to solder when you don't have many little "antenae" 😁

 

[motokok]

1. These are KT 100uf 25v in the photo. On Nichicon's website, there is no such value for KT
https://www.nichiconcapacitors.com/product-category/nichicon-ukt/

2. On KA datasheet, there is no lead type other than straight and there is no part number for kinked lead type, only pitch

 

[rabbitz]

This can be helpful if it differs from normal. The small Nichicon caps do vary from this.

 

[motokok]

I was wrong in my earlier post about KT not existing in that value. It does exist, and the website linked was not Nichicon's website; rather a domain squatter.

 

[DR ANALOGUE]

The KAs I bought, are all labelled with e.g. 220µF 50V.
"µF" as well as "V" is printed on the product, as you can see also on the pictures from Nichicon.
The picture you provided shows a complete different labelling.
By the way, all other electrolytic capacitors from Nichicon, KW, FG, USG, etc. have "µF" and "V" printed on their surface.

I am find this just curious....

 

[rabbitz]

All my KA and KT 100uF or smaller and less than 50V do not have uF or V markings where all my FG do. These were supplied by Digikey.