Tiido wrote:Modern tantalum capacitors have a fuse in them that prevents explosions. I'm not sure when this got introduced to the capacitors but probably already in the 90s for good brands. Drawback is you cannot easily tell if the part has failed and the system might develop weird issues without any visible signs.
If they were actually THAT bad, they wouldn't still be in use
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