Talk:Tantalum capacitor

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[edit] To add

• low voltage ratings
• tendency to explode if ripple current spec exceeded

Tabby (talk) 02:04, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, tantalums tend to explode rather violently/brightly if reverse-charged as well. So much fun to discover that your circuit board house didn't mark the polarity on the tantalums correctly... Dave (talk) 23:37, 6 May 2008 (UTC)