MY notions? They come from being in the field for enough years to have seen plenty. I never said anything about industrial, Im talking about car audio. The caps made by MTX, Lightning, and Rockford Fosgate are the most common that I had installed over the years, and if you read, I said SOMETIMES dont last over a year, and yes I HAVE NEVER seen a cap last longer than two years and not need to be recharged more and more often due to it losing its efficiency. The caps produced by Rockford and MTX are made locally here in Phoenix, Ive seen the assembly line, there are honest hard working americans making them, not chinese infants, they are designed differently than those made for industrial applications. As far as the small amount of fluid you claim is inside, if you have never SEEN a bad cap in the audio industry, and held it up to your ear and shook it, then you have no idea what Im even talking about. This was no hobby for me, IT WAS MY JOB. I am an MECP certified Installer, I gained my master installer certification after four years installing for Ultimate electronics. Car audio is nothing new to me, and since everyone claims to know more than everyone else when it comes to cars, guess what, its great that someone may have been installing stereos for 30 years, but last time I checked, the technology in todays stereos far exceeds the 8 tracks and cassette decks of yesteryear. Satellite radio and MP3 CD player didnt exist ten years ago in cars, and I was there to learn from the manufacturers how to deal with the demand for the "new technology". So next time you start spouting off about how I need to learn, I DID LEARN, I dont need to dissect anything, the manufacturer takes the bad equipment back within the first year and replaces it, because it is in fact, BAD at that point. Its not my imagination, nor anyone I have ever worked with, they are not designed to deal with 120hz or large amaounts of A/C voltage, they are simply used to prevent the headlights from dimming and a large amount of strain on the alternator on a high power demand system. Youre never going to agree with me, but I cant stand by and let you bad mouth something I have first hand experience with since I started installing professionally, with proper training and credentials to back me up, paid by the manufacturers of the equipment I was supposed to install and sell. I will state again, this was not a hobby, I installed 40+ hours a week as my 9-5, seeing as many as 30 cars per day, everything from piece of crap ford escorts, to right hand drive Skyline R33s. I HAVE SEEN ALOT, and done alot, and I thought I was very helpful trying to supply advice, whether you agree to it or not. no amount of -------- or ??????? is going to make me take back the help Im trying to offer someone.
You get these by knowing what youre doing, these are all thats left of my days installing under a corporation. And if you do your research, youll find that you dont get your first class certification until you have installed a minimum of two years and pass the ASE A6 AND first class test. This was a couple years before I recieved my first class.