At 13:27 8/17/2000, Jay L Snyder wrote:
>since replaced the AFC with a new unit.  I am pretty sure I did not use the
>tantulum capacitor.  Maybe this is key.

Getting the polarity right is certainly key, as a backwards one will get
leakier and leakier (electrically) and finally short.  If there's enough
power in the circuit, an aluminum cap will blow its can off (until the
spoilsports put a crease in the top so now it just peels open) and a
tantalum will squirt a tiny jet of molten tantalum in some random direction.

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David Beierl - Providence, RI
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