Examples of visible indication of failure
Sometimes, a problem cause is visible to you. That can save you hours of diagnosis.
Damaged inductor
Crack in solder joint
Faulty ceramic capacitor
Battery-damaged vias may be open-circuit
Tantalum capacitor - Some examples of visible indication of failure
Aluminium electrolytic capacitor - Some examples of visible indication of failure
Aluminium electrolytic capacitor - Another failure example
Line suppression capacitor - Example #1 (made by the RIFA company)
Line suppression capacitor - Example #2 (made by the WIMA company)
Moisture affected diodes - Example #1
Moisture affected diodes - Example #2