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Recapping se/30 with tants, did i get the wrong ones?

Was about to replace all the caps on a logicboard for an se30 and followed a link for the caps i needed, but i have never seen warnings like this before on tantalum capacitors.  Should i use these or does everyone think i should use solid ones instead of polymer?  I figure as much washing of mainboards that we do here at 68kmla i figure i better ask.

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That's odd. I ordered a set of tantalum capacitors for my Mac SE/30 (ordered via Console5.com) last week, and there were no such warnings. 

 
After some seaching I think it is a warning that the capacitor can crack or release steam and break while heated during soldering.  Hopefully once soldered and during normal operation the moisture won't be an issue.

 
... I'm quite sure you'll be right, good quality tantalums are designed to last many years  - take the warning as one directed to suppliers that buy tens of thousands at a time.

 
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