Tantalum capacitor? - Page 3

The best and fastrst way to get them all off at once is to use a board preheayer or the hot sand bath...takes 20 sec or so but yo just whack the entire board and everything comes off. I posted a video li k in another thread on it. Simple setup...1-2 burner electric portable stove and a metal nlbaking pan with sand...you can do several baords at once. They make the actual board preheater but they want a mint for those.

Originally Posted by etack

The caps you are referring to are MLCCs. SMD style Ta caps are in three colors Red, Black and Yellow

Eric

are thee colors the same no matter what style ta cap

Originally Posted by ScrappinRed

LOL thanks Sirs. Problem is I'm trying to pull them off with needle-nosed pliers and keep leaving parts of the legs on the boards. Pissing me off to lose all the little pieces of legs...

I use a sharp Flathead screwdriver. Put it on the base of the leg, apply pressure and 'wiggle' it a little. They pop right off. Put your thumb over it so it doesn't get away!

Eric - I found some black molded "bullet" shaped tantalum capacitors. they are marked "MTAC", is that a manufacturer of tantalum capacitors that you know of? I have been trying to find a data sheet for these and so far nothing.

Look for Kamet T310

I answered on your other post.

Eric