Capacitor Replacement Tutorial

Afroman goes over some basic information about capacitors: Capacitance, voltage ratings and polarity. Once you know what you are doing, you can replace faulty caps on your circuit board and bring your electronics back to life! Don't forget to vote!

Panasonic FM series capacitors are usually a good choice.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Capacitor
• Electronics
• Circuits
• Electrolytic

[peshozmiata]

So if i have a 200V capacitor, what is the best way to discharge it?

[Afrotechmods]

@peshozmiata Google "capacitor discharge tool" and never touch any wires with bare hands.

[ayrton272727]

Excellent video.  Thanks very much.

[XionXi]

Great video, but I wish you could have explained the soldering part.

[wespalladini]

Awesome video!!! But you might want to REALLY stress to people you can die if you don't discharge high voltage caps properly.

[ralfyny]

Voice reminds me of DATA on The Enterprise

[UnitedCommunists]

I was having an awesome day dream about throwing capacitors at walls, making them explode. Then at 1:27 that capacitor exploded... VERY LOUDLY! Lol

[KISSAproductions]

Wow, thanks, I wish to know more about the soldering part... What kind of solder do you use, does it contain any silver? Thanks in advance!^^

[therealjammit]

@peshozmiata I use a 120V lightbulb with wires attached. Add some thick copper wire with insulation for probes, or cut up some old meter leads, and jumper the cap.

[markkukp]

@YouStubid

There is topfield repair stuff....

fi.wikibooks(dot)org/wiki/Topf­ield_TF5X00/Kondensaattorien_v­aihto

[NobbysPcHelp]

@Afrotechmods or you can be ghetto and short it out with insulated pliers.

[rafael44p]

i did touch the wires..... i think it was more than 200 volts and 470 uF that burns.... never touch anything iff you not sure that its fully discharged.

[ramilover91]

0:58 lol!!!