25 Mar
2005
25 Mar
'05
9:20 p.m.
On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 23:52:00 +0000 (GMT)
ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell) wrote:
I'll second that notion; tantalums are really nasty parts. Used incorrectly, any part
might fail, but as time has gone by, my impression of tantalum parts is about like
'ticking time-bomb'.
I've seen more than several burninate for no real reason.
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-. William W. Layer .- -. St. Paul, MN USA .-
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-. Cheif bottlewasher, Atma-Sphere Music Systems .-
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Although
there was not enough evidence left to
prove it, we believe that a tantalum capacitor had been installed
backwards.
May not have been.... I've had tantalum capacitors 'go up' for no good
reason, they burn spectacularly give off a large cloud of smoke, and
often the remains on the boasrd is glwoing red-hot at the end.