Capacitor Series

An (M) next to the series name is used to denote a 20% tolerance and isn't part of the series name.

A "CE" may mean "Capacitor Electrolytic" and is not part of the series name

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CapXon

GL

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Example Picture	Specifications	Generic Descriptions
	Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 105°C Lifetime 2000-6000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial	Low impedance for high frequency Long Life Radial type for switching power supply

KF

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Example Picture	Specifications	Generic Descriptions
	Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 105°C Lifetime 2000-5000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial	Low impedance High ripple current

KM

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Example Picture	Specifications	Generic Descriptions
	Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 105°C Lifetime 2000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial	Optimized for cost effective applications High capacitance range Wide voltage range up to 500V

LP

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Specifications	Generic Descriptions
Max Temp 85°C Lifetime 3000-5000 hours Mount Snap-in	Standard Type High Voltage
Possible Replacement Series	VXH

TH

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Example Picture	Specifications	Generic Descriptions
	Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 125°C Lifetime 1000-3000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial	Especially for applications with high ambient temperatures

Chang

GF

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Example Picture	Specifications	Generic Descriptions
	Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 105°C Lifetime 2000-4000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial	Low ESR Used in LED Lighting main board switching psu hi-fi acoustics numeral color-TV circuits etc

RL

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Example Picture	Specifications	Generic Descriptions
	Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 105°C Lifetime 2000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial	Long Life Used in color-TV air conditioning electron meter circuits etc.

Elna

RSH

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Specifications	Generic Descriptions
Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 105°C Lifetime 2000-5000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial	Long Life Low Impedance Low ESR
Possible Replacement Series	UPM

RJH

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Specifications	Generic Descriptions
Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 105°C Lifetime 2000-5000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial	High reliability Low Impedance Capacitors

Fuhjyyu

TN

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Specifications	Generic Descriptions
Max Temp 105°C Lifetime 1000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial Leakage Current 3 µA	Standard grade
Possible Replacement Series	UVY

HJC

MKP X2

Details for series from Size)-20230313.pdf Datasheet (Size)-20230313.pdf archived)

Example Picture	Specifications	Generic Descriptions
	Max Temp 110°C Mount Through Hole Radial	Polypropylene Safety Film Capacitors Self–healing properties

Illinois Capacitor

TTA

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Specifications	Generic Descriptions
Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 85°C Lifetime 2000 hours Mount Through Hole Axial	Standard

Kemet

A750

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Specifications	Generic Descriptions
Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 105°C Lifetime 2000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial	Radial Solid Polymer Aluminum Extremely Low EST

ESK

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Specifications	Generic Descriptions
Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 85°C Lifetime 2000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial	Standard Long Life 5mm Max Height Base Venting

Ltec

LZG

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Example Picture	Specifications	Generic Descriptions
	Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 105°C Lifetime 2000-7000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial	Low Impedance High Ripple Long Life

Marcon

CE-US

Details for series

Specifications	Generic Descriptions	Other Notes
Max Temp 105°C Mount Through Hole Radial	Long Life General Purpose	Information obtained from Cornell Dubilier Cross Reference Tool (https://www.cde.com/cross-reference/)
Official Replacement Series	Cornell Dubilier SEK
Recommended Replacement Series	Any 105C Capacitor

Nichicon

Series conversion list

Miniature Aluminium Electrolytic Capacitors Series Overview

HD

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Example Picture	Specifications	Generic Descriptions
	Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 105°C Lifetime 2000-5000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial	Lower impedance at high frequency range Smaller case size and high ripple current

• 

  old design

• 

  old design used in 2003 IBM Monitor

• 

  old design used in OG XBOX

• 

  old design used in PS2 PSU

• 

  new design

HE

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Example Picture	Specifications	Generic Descriptions
	Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 105°C Lifetime 4000-10000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial	Miniature Sized Low Impedance High Reliability

HM

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Example Picture	Specifications	Generic Descriptions
	Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 105°C Lifetime 2000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial	For PC motherboard Low Impedance Lower impedance than HD/HC series

PJ

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Specifications	Generic Descriptions
Max Temp 105°C Lifetime 2000-5000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial Leakage Current 4 µA ESR Range 18-850 mΩ	Low Impedance

PL

Details for series

Specifications	Generic Descriptions	Other Notes
Max Temp 105°C Mount Through Hole Radial	Extremely Low Impedance High Reliability	See series conversion list and Toshiba T1600 for info source Nichicon PL capacitors will likely leak from the rubber bung (on the bottom) eventually, sometimes making it onto the capacitor leads. Replace as soon as possible.
Official Replacement Series	PM
Recommended Replacement Series	UPM

PM

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Specifications	Generic Descriptions
Max Temp 105°C Lifetime 2000-5000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial Leakage Current 4 µA ESR Range 18-850 mΩ	Low Impedance
Recommended Replacement Series	UPM

PS

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Example Picture	Specifications	Generic Descriptions
	Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 105°C Mount Through Hole Radial Leakage Current 4 µA	Wide Temperature Range Miniature Size
Possible Replacement Series		UVY

PT

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Example Picture	Specifications	Generic Descriptions
	Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 105°C Lifetime 5000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial	Miniature Sized High Ripple Current Long Life Suited for ballast application

PW

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Example Picture	Specifications	Generic Descriptions
	Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 105°C Lifetime 2000-8000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial	Miniature Sized Low lmpedance High Reliability For Switching Power Supplies Smaller case size and lower impedance than PM series

UES

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Specifications	Generic Descriptions
Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 85°C Lifetime 1000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial Leakage Current 3 µA	Bi-polar Audio

UFW

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Specifications	Generic Descriptions
Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 85°C Lifetime 2000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial	Audio

UHD

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Specifications	Generic Descriptions
Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 105°C Lifetime 2000-5000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial	High Ripple Low Impedance

UHV

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Specifications	Generic Descriptions
Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 105°C Lifetime 6000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial	High Ripple Low Impedance Smaller than UHD

UKA

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Specifications	Generic Descriptions
Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 105°C Lifetime 2000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial	Audio Wide Temperature Range Long Life

UKL

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Specifications	Generic Descriptions
Tolerance 10-20 % Max Temp 85°C Lifetime 1000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial Leakage Current 0.2 µA	Low Leakage Current

UKT

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Specifications	Generic Descriptions
Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 105°C Lifetime 1000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial	Audio Wide Temperature Range

UKW

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Specifications	Generic Descriptions
Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 85°C Lifetime 2000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial Leakage Current 3-4 µA	Audio Long Life

UMA / UMR

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Specifications	Generic Descriptions
Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 85°C Lifetime 2000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial	Standard 5mm Max Height

UMP

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Specifications	Generic Descriptions
Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 85°C Mount Through Hole Radial	5mm Max Height Bi-Polar

UMW

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Specifications	Generic Descriptions
Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 85°C Lifetime 1000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial	Audio 5mm Max Height

UPM

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Specifications	Generic Descriptions
Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 105°C Lifetime 2000-5000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial	Low Impedance High reliability

UPS

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Specifications	Generic Descriptions
Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 105°C Lifetime 2000-3000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial	Low Impedance Wide temperature range

UPW

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Specifications	Generic Descriptions
Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 105°C Lifetime 2000-8000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial	Small size Low Impedance High reliability

USA/USR

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Specifications	Generic Descriptions
Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 85°C Lifetime 2000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial	Standard 7mm Max Height

UST

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Specifications	Generic Descriptions
Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 105°C Lifetime 1000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial	Standard Wide Temperature Range 7mm Max Height

USW

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Specifications	Generic Descriptions
Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 85°C Lifetime 1000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial	Audio 7mm Max Height

UVK

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Specifications	Generic Descriptions
Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 85°C Lifetime 2000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial	Standard Small Size Smaller Than UVR

UVR

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Specifications	Generic Descriptions
Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 85°C Lifetime 2000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial	Standard Miniature Size

UVY

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Specifications	Generic Descriptions
Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 105°C Lifetime 1000-2000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial	Standard Wide Temperature Range

VX

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Example Picture	Specifications	Generic Descriptions	Other Notes
	Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 85°C Mount Through Hole Axial Leakage Current 3-4 µA	Axial Lead Standard grade	Pictured capacitor is a radial but marked as a VX. It's not clear if the series was available in both packages or if this is a fake. The possible replacement series is assuming a radial package as a result.
Possible Replacement Series		UKT

VZ

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Example Picture	Specifications	Generic Descriptions
	Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 105°C Lifetime 1000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial	Standard Wide temperature range
Recommended Replacement Series		UVY

Nippon/United Chemi-Con

Series Overview (archived)

SXF

Details for series

Specifications	Generic Descriptions	Other Notes
Max Temp 105°C Mount Through Hole Radial	Low Impedance Long life	Info from series overview and Toshiba T1600
Official Replacement Series	LXY

LXY

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Specifications	Generic Descriptions	Other Notes
Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 105°C Lifetime 2000-8000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial	High reliability Low impedance	Datasheet on page 73

LXZ

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Specifications	Generic Descriptions
Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 105°C Lifetime 2000-8000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial	Very low impedance at high frequency High endurance with ripple current Solvent resistan

SM

Details for series

Specifications	Generic Descriptions	Other Notes
Max Temp 85°C Mount Through Hole Radial	Standard	Discontinued (archived)
Official Replacement Series	SMG

SMG

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Specifications	Generic Descriptions
Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 85°C Lifetime 2000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial	Standard Solvent resistant

Panasonic/Matsushita

FS-A

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Specifications	Generic Descriptions	Other Notes
Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 105°C Lifetime 5000-10000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial	Small Size Low ESR High Endurance	MFG P/N starts with EEU

GA-A

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Specifications	Generic Descriptions	Other Notes
Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 105°C Lifetime 1000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial	Standard High Temp	MFG P/N starts with EEA

KS-A

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Specifications	Generic Descriptions
Max Temp 85°C Mount Through Hole Radial	5mm Max Height Standard

M-A

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Specifications	Generic Descriptions	Other Notes
Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 85°C Lifetime 2000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial Leakage Current 3-10 µA	Standard Smaller than SU-A	MFG P/N starts with ECA

SU-A

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Specifications	Generic Descriptions	Other Notes
Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 85°C Lifetime 2000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial Leakage Current 3 µA	Standard	MFG P/N starts with ECE, Not available in Japan

TS-NH

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Specifications	Generic Descriptions	Other Notes
Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 105°C Lifetime 2000 hours Mount Snap-in	Long Life High Ripple Current	Datasheet is on page 73

Rubycon

CE W

Details for series

Example Picture	Specifications	Generic Descriptions	Other Notes
	Max Temp 85°C Mount Through Hole Radial	Bi-Polar/Non-Polar	Source: https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=9962
Possible Replacement Series		Any Bi-Polar/Non-Polar Capacitor

MCZ

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Specifications	Generic Descriptions	Other Notes
Max Temp 105°C Mount Through Hole Radial	Ultra Low ESR for computer motherboards	One of the series of "Bad Caps", prone to failure, especially after high usage and high temperatures
Possible Replacement Series	Aluminum Polymer Capacitors recommended as a replacement for motherboards (including Xboxes) and graphics cards

PX

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Specifications	Generic Descriptions
Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 105°C Lifetime 1000-2000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial	Standard

YK

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Specifications	Generic Descriptions
Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 85°C Lifetime 2000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial	General Purpose

YXJ

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Specifications	Generic Descriptions
Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 105°C Lifetime 4000-10000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial	Miniaturized Long Life

VXH

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Specifications	Generic Descriptions
Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 105°C Lifetime 5000 hours Mount Snap-In	Standard Type

https://media.digikey.com/pdf/Data%20Sheets/Rubycon%20PDFs/USC.pdf=== ZLH ===

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Specifications	Generic Descriptions
Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 105°C Lifetime 6000-10000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial Leakage Current 3 µA	Small Size Long Life Low ESR

Sacon

Sacon FZ capacitors with burst vents

FZ

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Specifications	Generic Descriptions
Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 105°C Lifetime At least 2,000 hours hours Mount Through Hole Radial	Ultra Low Impedance Higher Ripple Current

Notes: Highly likely to burst vent. Here are some photos of the capacitors in question:

SZ

Details for series

Specifications
Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 105°C Lifetime 2000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial

Samwha

SA

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Specifications	Generic Descriptions
Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 85°C Lifetime 1000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial	General Purpose
Possible Replacement Series	UPS

SR

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Specifications	Generic Descriptions
Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 85°C Lifetime 2000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial	General Purpose
Possible Replacement Series	UPS

SD

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Specifications	Generic Descriptions	Other Notes
Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 85°C Lifetime 2000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial	Standard High voltage high capacitance	Datasheet page 7

SS

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Specifications	Generic Descriptions	Other Notes
Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 85°C Lifetime 2000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial	Super miniature 7mm Height Limit Suited for use in compact audio equipment	Datasheet page 10

SE

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Specifications	Generic Descriptions	Other Notes
Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 85°C Lifetime 2000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial	Ultra miniature 5mm height limit Suitable to replace tantalum capacitors at low cost	Datasheet page 11

RD

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Specifications	Generic Descriptions	Other Notes
Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 105°C Lifetime 2000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial	Wide Temperature Range High CV value	Datasheet page 12

SamYoung

NFL

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Example Picture	Specifications	Generic Descriptions
	Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 105°C Lifetime 8000-12000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial	Long Life High Ripple

NXB

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Example Picture	Specifications	Generic Descriptions
	Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 105°C Lifetime 2000-5000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial	Low ESR Long Life Very Low Impedance. For SMPS IP-Board Adaptor Noise Filter Charger.
Official Replacement Series		NXH

NXC

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Example Picture	Specifications	Generic Descriptions
	Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 105°C Lifetime 2000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial	Low ESR Low Impedance
Official Replacement Series		NXE

NXE

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Specifications	Generic Descriptions
Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 105°C Lifetime 3000-4000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial	Ultra Low ESR Low Impedance Long life

NXH

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Example Picture	Specifications	Generic Descriptions
	Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 105°C Lifetime 6000-10000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial	Low ESR Low Impedance Long Life

SM

Details for series

Specifications	Other Notes
Max Temp 85°C Mount Through Hole Radial	1984 Introduction (archived) , Likely general purpose, seen in Atari SC1224
Possible Replacement Series	YXJ

Tayeh / Evercon

LE

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Specifications	Generic Descriptions	Other Notes
Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 105°C Lifetime 1000-3000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial	Extremely Low ESR	Replacements may need to be Polymer to reach the low ESR levels of the datasheet
Possible Replacement Series	A750

RB

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Specifications	Generic Descriptions
Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 105°C Lifetime 2000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial	General Use Standard Size
Possible Replacement Series	PX

MI

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Specifications	Generic Descriptions
Tolerance 20 % Max Temp 105°C Lifetime 1000 hours Mount Through Hole Radial	General Use 7mm Height Limit
Possible Replacement Series	LXZ

Sprague

32DR COMPULYTIC

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Example Picture	Specifications	Generic Descriptions	Other Notes
	Tolerance 7.5-50V: -10% to +75% | 60-100V: -10% to +50% % Max Temp -40 to 85C°C Mount Screw Terminals	Low ESR High Ripple Current	Capacitor Reforming should be attempted before replacement due to rarity and extreme cost.

Vishay

TVA ATOM

Details for series from Datasheet (archived)

Specifications	Generic Descriptions	Other Notes
Max Temp 85°C Mount Through Hole Axial	Low Leakage Current Long Shelf Life	Polar and Non-Polar Versions Available