TU-56 capacitor repair (part numbers)

[William Layer]

On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 23:52:00 +0000 (GMT)
ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell) wrote:

> >   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. 

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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