Originally Posted by
eesakiwi
Since they are so small, hard to find, and expensive...
Unsolder them from the board and keep as much of the leg intact as possible.
I get the impression that one, or both, of the legs can be/is solid Tantalum.
Even if it isn't, depending on the sort of capactor I guess, it adds to the weight and the buyers aware of it anyway.
Tantalum caps is something I wish I'd known about earlyer. But since I don't know what I missed out on, its not so bad.
Its even more fun than finding Gold, which is pretty fun anyway....
Older electronics can have quite a harvest, same with servers, same with car electronics.
But you must know what to look for. The positive markings a giveaway, only Tantis have that, and the odd shape silver canisters in older stuff.
'paint drops' in car electronics. They are about the only thing to get from car electronics, weird that.
Actually people tend to mistakenly assume that the wires attached to the capacitor are Tantalum Wire but they are not - The legs (Wire Pins) on the capacitors are only Tantalum until they exit the capacitors and the legs are then either magnetic or nickel.
The actual wires on the capacitor do not weigh as much as people assume - sometimes as little as 1% -- It is usually better and easier to take off as much as possible until the full actual capacitor.
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