My Mums food processor made a couple of loud bangs and emitted quite a bit of magic smoke a week or so ago. I took it apart to have a look, and as you can see on the attached photos, one of the capacitors on the circuit board blew open.
There is another capacitor on the board, but it's slightly narrower than the one that blew open. The still intact one is about 5mm thickness, whereas the one that blew is 7 or 8mm thick, so they're probably not the same part.
Can anyone tell me what I need to look for as a replacement? Is it a special type of capacitor?
Also, is it likely it blew because of another problem, or age-related? And if age-related, I should probably replace the other one too.
The unit is probably 30-35 years old, and other than a bit of discolouration of the plastic, still works ok, and yes, it does still work with that blown component, though I only ran it for a few seconds. The bowl plastics still look good with no cracks or breaks on them either, so it would be nice to see if I can revive it.
There is another capacitor on the board, but it's slightly narrower than the one that blew open. The still intact one is about 5mm thickness, whereas the one that blew is 7 or 8mm thick, so they're probably not the same part.
Can anyone tell me what I need to look for as a replacement? Is it a special type of capacitor?
Also, is it likely it blew because of another problem, or age-related? And if age-related, I should probably replace the other one too.
The unit is probably 30-35 years old, and other than a bit of discolouration of the plastic, still works ok, and yes, it does still work with that blown component, though I only ran it for a few seconds. The bowl plastics still look good with no cracks or breaks on them either, so it would be nice to see if I can revive it.
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