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Buddy of mine came across an odd piece recently....
I have found Tantalum Caps here and there... but never like this!
http://i1152.photobucket.com/albums/...ps20691773.jpg
http://i1152.photobucket.com/albums/...ps4f67f887.jpg
http://i1152.photobucket.com/albums/...ps0964515b.jpg
http://i1152.photobucket.com/albums/...psaa004206.jpg
There aren't that much, or did I overlook some?
Not sure about tantalum but the second picture those are old vacuum tubes. They may have some value if they work. Google the part numbers.
Arent all these circled tantalum caps?
I may be way off =P
http://i1152.photobucket.com/albums/...ps74820f97.jpg
Nope, what you have circled appear to be different sized resistors and some wire wound resistors. Check them out here.
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Aww dang >.<
I thought they were these things
http://i1152.photobucket.com/albums/...ps36325096.jpg
Another lesson learned!
Mech is correct they are resistors. The various color patterns represent different voltages on each resistor.
Yup, resistors, each colour has its own number, first two bands are single numbers, third band is the amount of zeros after it, last band, its the metallic one is the accuracy.
That older stuff often has Tantis though. Get aquaintted with the pics as they often look like the plain Ali can capactors, or the Ali film ones.
Normally they are marked with the positive pole (rather than the negative pole like most other caps) often they have two rolled grooves in one end and often a weird centre pole/wire.
Remove the whole thing, unsolder the wires, don't clip them off. Often the whole wire leg is Tanti too.
If it isn't, well it just ups the weight anyway. The buyers know this, its taken into account as its worth the loss to gain the extra % of Tanti wire.
After edit.
I have been looking closer at CRT tv boards, they often have one red 'match head' tanti.
Sometimes several.
But older stuff is where you find the 'Tanti cans'. Newer stuff the 'Yellow block' Tantis.
Car electronics the various sized. 'Paint drop' Tantis.
In general...
But, unsolder the legged Tantis, if you can't at the time, chip/cut around them on the board and save the board bit that's soldered to the Tanti and unsolder it later.