Re: The Hall of Shame - Badcaps Photo Montage



Thanks for your comment PeteS - that's a valid point, and I'm not particularly upset about the failure - I just added the pic for interest. The cap is mounted against a heatsink too, which likely also had some bearing on its failure....

Re: The Hall of Shame - Badcaps Photo Montage

Found the attached slightly vented capacitor in an xilence 1000W ATX power supply - when issue first surfaced, the supply would only run on warm days, so it had a couple of months of being assisted with the gentle application of a warm hairdryer, though eventually it gave up altogether. This capacitor appears to be the only one showing signs of failure, though I've not replaced it as yet....

Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

Hi, I've repaired white goods and many other things for some years as part of my employment, both electrically and mechanically. Superficially delved into electronic fault finding and repairs over the years, mostly unsuccessfully, prompted to have a much more serious attempt at understanding and repairing equipment following the demise of a laptop and a smps in a desktop. Been studying smps circuits and fault finding methodology, and found myself here...