[sdiy] Tantalums in general

[Gil W.]

I so a few burnt ones, both in old Oberheims and Yamahas.

I never leave the old tantalums in my synths and always replace them, before a catastrophe happens...



--- On Thu, 6/11/09, Scott Nordlund <gsn10 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: Scott Nordlund <gsn10 at hotmail.com>
> Subject: RE: [sdiy] Tantalums in general
> To: 
> Cc: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Date: Thursday, June 11, 2009, 6:33 AM
> 
> If anyone's bored, try connecting one to a bench supply and
> send it too much voltage, reverse polarity, etc. and watch
> the ensuing fireworks.  You'll probably want to do this
> outdoors...  It's far more exciting than blowing up
> electrolytic capacitors.
> 
> I don't think this should necessarily scare anyone away
> from using tantalums though- as far as I know they're not
> prone to failing due to age, unlike electrolytics. 
> "Marginal" design cans be dangerous, but if the ones in the
> CS-20 have made this long without incident, I'd guess
> they're probably fairly safe and fine to leave in, provided
> a regulator doesn't short or something.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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