On May 11, 6:56*pm, "Phil Allison" wrote:
** *FYI *- * tantalum bead caps look like this:

http://www.allproducts.com/manufactu...e/product1.jpg

They are known to catch fire and emit smoke and bits of the tantalum oxide
"slug" *for no good reason.

If you found a "can" then the cap is an ordinary electro that overheated,
the electrolyte boiled and burst the seal.

... *Phil

Didn't find a can, so almost certainly it's a tantalum. Good catch, i
probably would have replaced it with an electrolytic if you hadn't
said anything.

Hoping to get this thing put back together later this week. Been way
too busy to get to it 'till now. I'll let you know what happens.