Based on a comparison to the photo on page 1, and the link you posted, the capacitor was installed backwards. My college student son (engineering student) insisted that there was no right or wrong way to do this. I am billing him the 34 cents for this error!!!
Ok, so what are my chances of board failure due to this error? did I burn something else out?...
Thank you for the reply. I didn't know there was a direction of flow for capacitors. That said, I didn't check that and most likely did not install it correctly. Hopefully, I didn't cook anything else on the board. Based on cap markings, which way is correct? I did get the proper cap.
Bump to an old thread... The wonders of the internet and google brought me here. First, my hats off to you all for posting the how to and the follow up confirmations of individual successes. It gave me the courage to try.... and fail?
Bought the part from digikey, soldered it in, and at the post installation test, the clock came on very dimly, and there was a faint smell of smoke. I took the panel apart to find the capacitor top, domed and was very warm Is it possible I got a bad capacitor? I have already risked the thirty...
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