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>
> I wondering about that myself. What advantage is there to tantalum??
> Is it lower inductance?? I'm planning to use the same Xicon 10uF
> electrolytics used in MOTM. I've heard that when tantalum's fail
> they tend to fail short, while electrolytics tend to fail "open".
Yeah, the tantalums short. Locked up my whole modular!
Thanks to Jan having just had this problem w/ a tantalum, I ciphered it
directly.
Funny (not really) -- I spent 15 minutes going over my SMD caps because
my multimeter showed the power rails connected (and at that point it
was not the tantalum). So after racking my brain and eyes, I figured it
out -- I had killed my multimeter when I was testing the AC power in my
bedroom light switch! Doh!
>
> >I only used one LED. It really was fine.
>
> Oh come on now ;)
: )
Though I do have to rely on my _ears_ to tell me when the voltage is
coming back up!