[sdiy] Prophet 5 -15v rail is shorting... Need advice

Cornutt, David K david.k.cornutt at boeing.com
Wed Nov 7 18:16:27 CET 2007


 
 From: Gil W. [mailto:gil_we at yahoo.com] 
> I asked myself the same question - does any problem actually 
> *exist* or is the tantalum just not good enough for this task 
> ? I think the original cap was a 10uf/10v tantalum...

If it was really a 10V type, it was definitely under-spec'ed.
This needs at least a 35V type, and a 50V would be better.




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