22 Dec
2004
22 Dec
'04
7:13 p.m.
Tom Jennings wrote:
We're all wrong! Tantalums don't
"fail" -- that's not zero-ohms
you measure across the two mangled pins -- it's INFINITE
CAPACITANCE!
I estimate my little 47uF/35VDC tant must now be, oh, a TF
or more (teraFarad). Of course it blows the 5amp fuse in the
power supply! The TC is measured in YEARS...
There's no other explanation possible.
You got a FLUX Capacitor by mistake and you need several terra-watts
of power for temporial displacment back to 1980. :)