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What does an exploded capacitor look like?

Ahh ha. After tinkering about inside the sewing machine foot pedal speed controller, I finally tracked down the source of the dodgy speed regulation.

capacitor explode

As it just so happens I found a fine replacement after a good rummage round in my salvaged bits box. All good, out with the old, in with the not quite new.

replacment capacitor

Incidentally, this is what the inside of a sewing machine foot pedal looks like. Inside the foot pedal

Posted: 12|30|09 at 10:12 am. Categorically squeezed into: Fun.

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Responses to What does an exploded capacitor look like?

  1. Dave
    January 18th, 2010 at 11:41 pm

    At least it hasn’t damaged the casing like the one that my engineering department just blew up when they confused 24v with 240v

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