22 Sep
2014
22 Sep
'14
9 a.m.
On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 5:50 AM, Chris Pye <pye at mactec.com.au> wrote:
Tantalum capacitors are a type of electrolytic, and are usually polarised
(I?ve never seen one that isn?t).
They usually burn up pretty quickly if they are the wrong way around.
Hey, I just had a bad idea.
I suppose a non-polar tantalum could be built the same way as a non-polar
aluminium electrolytic.. two caps in series, in one package, with the
negative leads tied together. ;-)
But what a horrible thought - just having one of those obnoxious little
bombs in one location is bad enough. If your circuit won't perform without
one, maybe you should just re-design the circuit or something...