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Old 15th Feb 2018, 1:47 am   #5
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Default Re: Tants

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Originally Posted by turretslug View Post
nearer toasty brown on occasion.....
I think I replaced failed blue ones (in a commercial oscilloscope, in they which had done some damage) with orange ones, which caused more damage when they failed, shortly after installation. These were replaced with good quality aluminium electrolytics....and happiness ensued.

The point has been made previously on the forum that circuits need to be designed competently to use tants otherwise tants will fail. I think I belong to the school of thought that suggests the best modern aluminium electrolytics are good enough for me.

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