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

[GRAHAM ATKINS]

David,

The electrolytic may be more tolerant than the tantalum but
the underlying problem with high ripple off the rectifier may still
be there, are you sure it is OK to connect to the rest of the circuits.
Are you just covering up the problem ?

Graham
On Nov 7, 2007, at 9:46, Gil W. wrote:

> Hi,
>
> The problem has been solved by replacing the tant.
> with regular 10uf/50v cap...
>
> Thanks all !
>
>
> --- "Cornutt, David K" <david.k.cornutt at boeing.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Possibly either the rectifier has an open diode,
>> or something else is causing the supply rail to
>> oscillate.
>> Tantalums don't like a lot of ripple current.
>>
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