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echo: tech
to: Wayne Chirnside
from: Tom Walker
date: 2003-09-09 09:28:56
subject: Mainboard-Bulging Caps

-> When they blow they have a tendency to scrag traces on the motherboard yielding
-> one with a paperweight. Best to spend a few bucks more on the motherboard and
-> get tantalums with a couple of volts of leeway.
-> Electrolytics stink when they blow but reverse connect a tantalum and you'll
-> never forget the smell.

 We used to love to hook them up undr a workbench and have them "Blow"
when the tech turned on the power.  :-)  :-)
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