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