> From: Ingraham, Andrew > If it had been an electrolytic, the other possibility would be that it > was installed backwards ... something that we have seen quite a lot of > lately! I've also seen negative turn off transients from power supplies blow polarized caps. -- Mark Randol, RF Evaluation Engineer Motorola SPS, Inc. M/S EL536 2100 E. Elliot Road Tempe, AZ 85284 (480)413-8052 Voice (480)413-8690 FAX <mailto:m.randol@xxxxxxxxxxxx> ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu