On Fri, 29 Jun 2012 16:12:23 -0500, Brian Koontz wrote: > >I had a tantalum cap on my PS literally explode...I was very >surprised, figured that was a rare event. But not rare enough to >replace all of them? (I went ahead and did anyways...)
Tantalums can fail quite dramatically, they are especially sensitive to surges beyond ratings. The rule of thumb that I have come to use is that if they appear physically intact, they are good. 73 -Jim -- Ham Radio NU0C Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.S.A. TR7/RV7/R7A/L7, TR6/RV6, T4XC/R4C/L4B, NCL2000, SB104A, R390A, GT550A/RV550A, HyGain 3750, IBM PS/2 - all vintage, all the time! "Give a man a URL, and he will learn for an hour; teach him to Google, and he will learn for a lifetime." HyGain 3750 User's Group - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HyGain_3750/ http://incolor.inetnebr.com/jshorney http://www.nebraskaghosts.org _______________________________________________ Drakelist mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist
