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capacitor failure

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   1 EEVblog #1036 - PSU Fire PCB Repair

   EEVblog 5 people · 5 months · since Nov 2017

   An EEVblog repair of a fire damaged power supply board, linked to show both how a small capacitor can fail and how charred board material is removed.

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   2 1 Farad Autohifi Capacitor Explosion with slow motion [1080p]

   imoldskul 3 people · 3 months · since Jun 2016

   Linked in discussions of what happens when capacitors fail violently, as a vivid example of the bang and mess involved rather than as teaching material.

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   3 Electrolytic Capacitor explodes

   RODALCO2007 3 people · 3 months · since Mar 2017

   Linked to show what a large electrolytic capacitor does when overcharged, as a vivid example of violent worst-case failure.