Tantalum Capacitors Are Polarized

[Bob Ayers]

This is what happens when a Tantalum capacitor is placed the wrong way, and the polarity is reversed:

 

[m78]

Thats one hell of a camera your using ! Dont know what your talking about tho

 

[Gremlin]

WOW

Who Did That?

 

[LEB Ben]

Thats one hell of a camera your using ! Dont know what your talking about tho

Agreed...but I'm pretty sure that charred part isn't supposed to be there...haha.

 

[Blade]

i find that extreamly scary

 

[Bob Ayers]

Who Did That?

It happened in system test years ago, when Tantalum capacitors were used.