Dissect capacitor to see if it's the source of a leak?
"bryanska" wrote in
ups.com:
Can you tell if a capacitor has leaked by dissecting it?
My JVC stereo is humming loudly. There are signs of an obvious
capacitor leak around three large capacitors on the board. Brown crust.
I replaced two large 6800uf 40v caps, but the humming remains. So I
pulled the third cap, a smaller 3300uf 35v unit.
For fun, I dissected all three.
It's not a good idea to dissect electrolytic capactiors. They have nasty
chemicals inside them.
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