Vintage Synth Repair

Generally, bog standard electrolytics are cheaper and have a greater
tolerance to ripple current, so they are happier to live in power supplies
than Tantalum.  Tantalum capacitors are great when you need to pack a lot of
capacitance into a very small space.
JohnB
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roy J. Tellason" <rtellason@...>
To: <vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 6:39 AM
Subject: Re: [vintagesynthrepair] arp omni problem


> On Monday 01 May 2006 04:52 pm, Scott Nordlund wrote:
> > If the board has tantalum caps now it's probably a good idea to replace
> > them with electrolytic (of equal or greater working voltage).
>
> Why?
>