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Originally Posted by Zenith26kc20
Those little tantalums rarely give problems. The cheaper ones in some later Harmon Kardon receivers were terrible. Yes, they love to short out. If a manufacturer used a good tantalum they rarely give any trouble. My Infinity SWAMPS are loaded with them and they are not the troublemakers. Usually it's the ceramic discs and the early zener diodes.
I see those little tants mostly in vertical timing circuits of BPC TV's. If I remember, only one ever was bad.
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I replaced all the ones in the audio chain of my Pioneer receiver, but left all the ones in the tuner section. I figured if I changed all the caps on tuner, I'd have to recalibrate it and I don't have the tools for that.
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