New Capacitor Blew Up — #8

Post #8 by tomlee59

Source Forum	68kMLA
Category	Troubleshooting
Post Date	Thu, 28 Aug 2008 - 19:49
Original URL	https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/new-capacitor-blew-up.14554/

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I hate axials!
I only have one cap left and it's the other axial. One side came out fine. The other side kind of broke off and left a tiny little piece of metal in the hole.

No matter what I do I cannot get this to heat up and get the little piece of metal to come out, I hold it on there for a full minute, I tried more heat, I tried either side, etc. It won't budge.

Then leave it in. Discretion is definitely the better part of valor here -- you may ruin your board by persisting. There's no harm in having a short pigtail in there. Indeed, I wouldn't even try to install a cap there, if it's truly a bypass cap. There are more than enough to tolerate the absence of one or two (or several). Just leave it be.