Capacitor Polarity?

[ColinTheAmpMan1]

Originally Posted by GeoffK

Tantalums have their place but I am not keen on using them, having seen what damage they can do when they go bang without warning.

I realise that you are using a figure of speech, but how might a capacitor warn you that it was going to go bang?

Colin.

[julie_m]

Normal electrolytic capacitors sometimes bulge before they explode.

[poppydog]

As my problem is sorted perhaps it might be a good idea to close this thread...
Thanks to all those who helped me.
regards poppydog

[GeoffK]

Originally Posted by ColinTheAmpMan1

I realise that you are using a figure of speech, but how might a capacitor warn you that it was going to go bang?

Colin.

That is why I said without warning. Agree with poppydog, time to discharge this thread.

[Techman]

Colin, you're a VERY naughty boy - but you made me chuckle

[GeoffK]

Originally Posted by Techman

Colin, you're a VERY naughty boy - but you made me chuckle

Glad that I can be the source of so much amusement . What I was trying to make a point of is that a Tantalum sometimes lives up to its Tantalus the villain name (Greek myth) by quietly working away then without warning by getting warm and/or smelly or bulging or slowly drawing extra current from the supply rails will suddenly explode with a fiery flash. I have seen it while working on the surgical laser equipment that I service, and not because of something I have done to provoke a fault.

[poppydog]

I wouldn’t worry too much about it Geoff, at least you’ve assisted in your posts. You often find in life that those that take the pout of others do it because they have their own personal problems/inadequacies.
regards poppydog

[AC/HL]

Advice taken, and thread closed.