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Originally Posted by kalee20
Yet in this Forum there are threads decrying Tantalums!
I actually like them.
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Yes but that is because there are Tantalums and there are Tantalums.
Many early MFR tants are problematic, shorting out and other antics that stink out a room, crash many 1980's vintage computer mother boards and fail in test equipment and make many people hate them, but these problems ultimately got ironed out for most types of Tants over the last 20 years.
However the main Tants I'm referring to are the axial mil spec types, that I might dare to say "never fail".
Have a look at all the axial mil spec tants in this monitor that was made in 1987, every one of them is just as perfect as the day they were made, just scroll through the article to see the images of the PCB's, they are the kind of Tants you will never have any problems with. They are still available these days:
http://www.worldphaco.com/uploads/Th...o_monitor..pdf