[time-nuts] LPRO C137

[Bob Camp]

Hi

Back a long time ago we had a batch of tantalums with "issues". We got a couple hundred of them installed before anybody noticed the problem. Something like one in 20 went *bang* when you applied power. 

Bob


On Jan 6, 2010, at 10:05 PM, Mark Sims wrote:

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> Nope,  tantalums make horrible fuses.   Their standard failure mode is to turn into a room temperature superconductor...
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> Sure tantalums make great fuses from what I have seen. 		 	   		  
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