AW: multiple power supplies in a modular

[Tony Clark]

> Mark said:  ...and get 10 to 100uf of low ESR tantalum capacitors
> across the supply rails after the regulators.
> 
> I would not use tants. When these die due to a fault or whatever, they
> tend to go short. If you conect these directly across your rails, then
> its goodbye regulator and hello to burnt pcbs. Ordinary electrolytics
> (elec's...?) are fine for this I would have thought, especially if you
> put a low value cap in parallel with it.

   Hate to break it to you, but electrolytics will do this too.  :)  

   Tony

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