Color of Panasonic FC's

[slowpogo]

This is a trite question, but what is the current color of Panasonic FC electrolytics? Some of them I've gotten have been black with gold printing (like the FM's) and some have had this awesome dark blue-green color.

Is there any difference between the two colors? Maybe they just come from different production lines?

 

[ishtob]

the ones I got were dark blue-greenish, they are 470uF 16v. dmaybe different votlage have different packaging?

 

[tangent]

It's been a while since I bought any of these, but the colors of FCs and FMs was always consistent: dark blue and gold for FC, black and gold for FM.

They're labeled, so you can be sure what it is you have. Somewhere right near the temperature label you'll see either "FC" or "FM".

 

[Nisbeth]

The ones I've seen have always been blue and gold as well. I think they altered the colour slightly after the RoHS-conversion as the ones I've bought since then are a lighter shade of blue, but I have never seen an FC with a black sleeve.


/U.

 

[slowpogo]

The photo on the Digikey site shows a black one:

FC

Also, why are they so much more expensive than the FM's, with lesser specs?

 

[tangent]

Quote:

Originally Posted by slowpogo /img/forum/go_quote.gif why are they so much more expensive than the FM's, with lesser specs?

Wild guess: the FC series has more available values and voltages, so stocking and manufacturing costs more.

 

[fordgtlover]

Quote:

Originally Posted by slowpogo /img/forum/go_quote.gif The photo on the Digikey site shows a black one: FC Also, why are they so much more expensive than the FM's, with lesser specs?

Every FC I have bought has been blue and gold. That picture looks like an FM.

 

[slowpogo]

Except it says FC on it

I know for sure I've gotten black ones before from Digikey...it's not important at all, just a curiosity

 

[fordgtlover]

^

Oh yeah.. I missed that.???

 

[rustle]

This has probably already been adequately responded to, but: The 35V 33µF Panasonic FC I got from digikey last week is a very dark greyish-blue with gold despite it's black-coloured picture.