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    Badly blown cap on a Neotec 600DX-2 Monitor

    Working on an arcade monitor, and stumbled across this badly blown cap. The circuit this cap is in is well known for chain-reaction catastrophe... however judging by the other swollen caps on the board this guy was hurting well before the explosion. There was a smaller cap nearby that had completely vaporized, leaving just a fluffy stringy mess and two leads sticking up from the board. There was foil confetti all over the board.

    This picture is simply for the enjoyment of it, I regretably did not grab the name brand of this cap. I have a few more pictures on my camera that might have the name brand. If they do, I'll make sure I update the thread.



    Edit: Found the rest of the pics... Enjoy!







    And for the fun of it, a resistor in the same circuit that blew its side off during the "event" (and me holding another burned one from a nearby circuit)...
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    Re: Badly blown cap on a Neotec 600DX-2 Monitor

    Judging by the vent pattern, that would be a Teapo (also known as Cheapo).

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      Re: Badly blown cap on a Neotec 600DX-2 Monitor

      Originally posted by b700029 View Post
      Judging by the vent pattern, that would be a Teapo (also known as Cheapo).
      TeaKAPOW in this case. The game was in a bar. The person working the kitchen that day said she could hear the noise when it popped very clearly. The kitchen is easily 30 feet from the game, with a wall separating them.

      Apparently, there was a person playing the game at the time... I can't imagine how it must have scared them!

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        Re: Badly blown cap on a Neotec 600DX-2 Monitor

        Looks like a cat had a fur ball in there .

        I'm willing to bet that stringy stuff is paper fiber from the electrolyte soaked separators between the positive and negative plates of the cap.

        Well at least the foil didn't bridge any through hole components on the board or the component body count would've been higher.

        Just by looking at the vent I'd also say they were Teapos. They use a Y shaped vent with 3 tick marks just like that.
        Last edited by Krankshaft; 11-10-2011, 02:57 PM.
        Elements of the past and the future combining to make something not quite as good as either.

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          Re: Badly blown cap on a Neotec 600DX-2 Monitor

          Originally posted by EagleTG View Post
          TeaKAPOW in this case. The game was in a bar. The person working the kitchen that day said she could hear the noise when it popped very clearly. The kitchen is easily 30 feet from the game, with a wall separating them.

          Apparently, there was a person playing the game at the time... I can't imagine how it must have scared them!
          They musta thought they got the high score?

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