[BC] A fun night..

[Alan Alsobrook]

Actually no, these aren't tantalum, I can't remember what exactly they 
are, I'm thinking mica. They are packaged similar to a typical tant but 
are normally monolithic ceramic caps.

WBRadiolists at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 05/06/2008 8:09:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
> radiotech at bellsouth.net writes:
> 
>> Now that I was concentrating on the 
>>  area I could see that the .1uF decoupling cap for the IC was also black 
>>  on one end. An Ohm meter check confirmed it was shorted, and most likely 
>>  the culprit, behind all the damage. With both the resistor and cap 
>>  replaced, a recheck showed all good!
> 
> Let me guess... it was a tantalum? One of those took WFIF off the air, not 
> once, but twice! (In the Optimod, it shorted the power supply. They were about a 
> year apart.) After the 2'nd one, I "shotgunned" 'em all with plain ol' 
> ceramic discs. No problems since.

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Alan Alsobrook CSRE AMD CBNT
St. Augustine Fl. 32086 904-829-8885
aalso at Bellsouth.net