> Ceramic, tantalum (god forbid!), electrolitic, polystyrene (10uF? I doubt=
)?

Solid Aluminum caps  (ie NOT wet electrolytics) have much the same
characteristics as Tantalum BUT lack the fantastic flaming fun &
furious failure mode* of Tantalum.


     Russell

* Best case I've seen a single tantalum cap which shrieked, then
smoked, then smelled terrible, then flamed with roaring noise, then
exploded. As a bonus it almost certainly shorted the supply rails.

I saw another seriously large one in a PDP11 power supply that had had
managed but failed to maintain a PSU short - BUT it had a hole in the
outer metal can on one wall and a bead of metal which could be rolled
along inside the tube but which was too large to exit the hole.
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