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Hassin Bin Sober

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13. You can check the capacitor visually to see if it's bulged out on the top.

Reply to Beartracks (Reply #8)

Sat May 13, 2023, 11:17 PM

May 2023

Don’t touch it - even with the power off because a capacitor holds a charge.

You can remove and check the capacitor with a multimeter as it could be bad without a noticeable bulge (after shutting off power and discharging the capacitor)

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