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I've got to think about this.....

I would think that....   if the new cap is 35v ....   it should be able to take the whole 13.8 vdc across it without a problem.

For the cap to heat itself up.... it seems like it would have to be drawing current....   and that would sound to me like it was leaking!!!   But the new cap does it too...   so unless that is an infant mortality failure.... the cap shouldn't be leaking.

Is there any chance that a nearby component is getting hot.... and causing the cap to get hot externally?

Other than that.... it may sound dumb.... but could the cap OR THE BOARD SILKSCREEN be reversed???   If the board were mismarked and the cap put in according to that..... the cap would be in reverse polarity..   and it wouldn't be good for it.

Just throwing ideas out....

<blockquote data-quote="guitar_199" data-source="post: 844603" data-attributes="member: 18156">I&#039;ve got to think about this.....I would think that....&nbsp;&nbsp; if the new cap is 35v ....&nbsp;&nbsp; it should be able to take the whole 13.8 vdc across it without a problem.For the cap to heat itself up.... it seems like it would have to be drawing current....&nbsp;&nbsp; and that would sound to me like it was leaking!!!&nbsp;&nbsp; But the new cap does it too...&nbsp;&nbsp; so unless that is an infant mortality failure....&nbsp; the cap shouldn&#039;t be leaking.Is there any chance that a nearby component is getting hot.... and causing the cap to get hot externally?Other than that.... it may sound dumb....&nbsp; but could the cap OR THE BOARD SILKSCREEN be reversed???&nbsp;&nbsp; If the board were mismarked and the cap put in according to that.....&nbsp; the cap would be in reverse polarity..&nbsp;&nbsp; and it wouldn&#039;t be good for it.Just throwing ideas out....</blockquote>

[QUOTE="guitar_199, post: 844603, member: 18156"] I've got to think about this..... I would think that.... if the new cap is 35v .... it should be able to take the whole 13.8 vdc across it without a problem. For the cap to heat itself up.... it seems like it would have to be drawing current.... and that would sound to me like it was leaking!!! But the new cap does it too... so unless that is an infant mortality failure.... the cap shouldn't be leaking. Is there any chance that a nearby component is getting hot.... and causing the cap to get hot externally? Other than that.... it may sound dumb.... but could the cap OR THE BOARD SILKSCREEN be reversed??? If the board were mismarked and the cap put in according to that..... the cap would be in reverse polarity.. and it wouldn't be good for it. Just throwing ideas out.... [/QUOTE]

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