What Does a Blown Capacitor Look Like?
Below is a file capacitor bulging
Here are two blown radial capacitors (They can also leak)
Polarity
It does not matter which way you install Bipolar capacitors. Typically they are marked by the letters BP.
Capacitors with polarity typically have a – strip down one side like so
How Does a Capacitor Work?
Capacitor Symbols in a Schematic
