I fired up a TEK 485 scope over the weekend and was greeted by a similar event. Sure smelled like tantalum but turned out it was a sacrificial 10 ohm resistor taken out by a shorted tantalum.
I don't have any equipment that is only 10 years old. Joe -----Original Message----- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Tom Van Baak Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 4:15 AM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: [time-nuts] The Smell of Tantalum in the Morning I powered up a 5071A to watch the end of Loran-C today and was greeted by the special smell that only a mother board could love. Does anyone know the history of tantalum capacitor failures in ten-year old [HP/Agilent] test equipment? This is not my first. Last one was more like July 4th. Thanks, /tvb _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.