Bent capacitor?

[mikay786]

I accidently bent a couple of capacitors to the point where the fat point of the pin pulled out a little from the main body.

Straighten it up and the fat bit has gone back into the body of the cap.

Have I killed them or will they still work?

[Sparkey55]

Re: Bent capacitor?

It's dead Jim. You possibly broke the peircing tabs on the lug away from the aluminum foil. It is more than likely an open cap now. No way to fix it.

[eccerr0r]

Re: Bent capacitor?

Might get lucky if ESR on that cap isn't important but it will eventually completely fail if it hasn't already.