On Saturday, February 6, 2016 at 7:40:45 AM UTC-5, Tim Schwartz wrote:
I'm not a huge fan of tantalum caps in power supplies, they
have very low leakage, but are very intolerant of over voltage or
reverse voltages.

Regards,
Tim Schwartz

So true. They actually make a fair zener if a one shot crowbar is needed..