Yeah, but that was a Japanese radio that had been booby-trapped to get us Americans back for "the big one" in 1945 !
If you get 105C rated tantalums they shouldn't get THAT hot, even in the summer. Remember, everything is "...slightly lower in California!" Bob M. ====== --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > At 1/19/2007 21:13, you wrote: > >Steve, > > > >I would recommend that you NOT use the Tantalum > caps. They have a very nasty > >habit of shorting when they overheat in the summer. > When this happens > >depending on where the cap is, you may cause a fire > in the radio. > > > >Not a pretty when this happens. > > > >Charles Miller > > Yup, I've seen this first-hand on the RFPA board of > a Yaesu > FTC-4625. Funny thing was the pretty-colored flame > was shooting out of the > radio while it was powered off - I caught it walking > back into the shop > from the restroom. > > Bob NO6B ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for earth-friendly autos? Browse Top Cars by "Green Rating" at Yahoo! Autos' Green Center. http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/
