Smoke on the Horizon... oh s**t!

From: Paul Koning <pkoning_at_equallogic.com>
Date: Tue Feb 17 16:52:20 2004

>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Jennings <tomj_at_wps.com> writes:

 Tom> Big, huge, gargantuan, monster arrays of dipped silver mica
 Tom> caps? Seriously, I think you just have to change them often,
 Tom> eg. decadely.

Actually, at least in switching power supplies, ceramic capacitors are
now a good option. You can get ceramics of several hundred
microfarad, and they are quite small. More expensive than tantalum, I
expect, but more reliable. And if they do fail, they normally fail
open, not shorted as electrolytics do.

      paul
Received on Tue Feb 17 2004 - 16:52:20 GMT