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Originally Posted by arnolde
Beware of cheap film caps, they tend to "fail short" (if they fail) and explode. Electrolytics apparently dont have that behaviour. (At least according to the powerelectronics.com article)
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I have seen a lot of electrolytics fail (mainly from excessive ripple current). Most of them just pop out the "pop stars" on the top, but a few were blown right off the board. I have never seen a polyester film capacitor fail in such a dramatic manner.
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