On 05.08.2014, Peter Lebbing wrote: > I'm sure pictures can be found, although I'm not sure "blown capacitor" is the > correct English term... in Dutch we say "geplofte condensator", and I > never discussed the issue in any other language ;).
Blown capacitor is the correct term, and has widespread use. Actually, most of the capacitors do not "blow", but the electrolyte inside the aluminium/metal can dries out after the pressure relief ventil on top of them has opened due to a failure (to avoid "blowing"). _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
