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component failure

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   1 Tantalum Capacitor Exploding & Burning

   metacollin 6 people · 5 months · since May 2015

   A demonstration of a surface-mount tantalum capacitor failing violently when powered in reverse, shared as a warning about polarity.

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   2 Exploding Tantalum Capacitor in Slow Mo

   Simon Monk 3 people · 3 months · since Nov 2022

   Cited as vivid proof that tantalum capacitors can fail violently when overstressed, supporting advice to derate them with care or pick another part.