How to replace a capacitor -The easiest Way! 

Perfect. Every repair video I watched for my washing machine skipped this part because they said it was self explanatory. Jerks. It IS simple, but I needed to see the process. The toothpick trick will probably save my CB from being tossed across the room. Many thanks!

Great tips for things that are often overlooked, like polarity, the positive leg is longer, the stripe on electrolytic capacitors (negative leg) matches the moon or half-moon on the positioning circle on the board, and the excellent use of a toothpick to keep the hole open after you’ve removed the bad capacitor. Here’s a tip - you can tell a capacitor is bad when it explodes and you see pieces of the exterior and interior (“capacitor confetti”) covering the general area where the capacitor used to be, and its legs still are.

Cheers 👍 you just saved me spending good money on a new TV. Changed a capacitor on a 14 y/o Hitachi TV and it's now working fine. Your vid was perfect. No fuss, no time wasting. All "How To" vids should be like this. Many thanks!

7 years later. Still an amazing video. Thank you

Thanks man. Just started into the world of soldering, fixed my folks tv for $8 worth of capacitors so now I’m hooked!

You just saved me $150 on a new main board for a fridge. You are an awesome individual sir. Thank you so much. 💪🏻

Thank you. Simple and concise explanation. Doesn’t require a bunch of fancy tools. 👍

EXCELLENT VIDEO! Clear, concise, and as a bonus, no idiotic music!

I've watched many videos on this subject, and your is, hands down, the best one. Short, weet, and to the point. Thank you!

Great video, thanks for sharing. I have just repaired my speaker subwoofer with a $1.50 capacitor so I'm delighted. A $300+ saving on new speakers! Your step by step advice worked a treat.

Thank you! I really appreciate that you took the time to show an easy way to remove and replace. I am not good at soldering and you made it look so easy and fast. Also, thank you for showing the positive and negative ends. I wouldn’t have paid that any attention if I didn’t watch this.

Thanks! I needed to repair a circuit board in my car to get my gauges working again. This is a huge help! Saved me over $2500 in parts and labor

Excellent video. Love the toothpick tip! I worked for 30 years in the semiconductor industry (working on the processing equipment) and never knew about this simple tip.

Thank you for this. Three capacitors popped only tv and I need to replace em but I’d rather save money and do it myself

Wow. No need to desolder. I have toothpicks. Hope my receiver board will be as easy to remove. Love your video.

My friend. Of all the RU-vid "EXPERTS " that by the way there are plenty, you have done the unthinkable !....In a short but no Bs video you have show me how to actually solder in the best and easiest possible way. That comes to prove the point...keep searching until you find what's really useful ... NOT FANCY !!!! Thanks a LOT !!!!!!!!....

The toothpick idea is just genius. Thanks for uploading

Best and most simplified video yet. Thank you

Your rocking the legs out tip works extremely well! Thanks for the help!

Hero level video! That toothpick hack is so simple yet absolute perfection! Solid info here!

Thanks for making this video. You explained everything perfectly!

Tried this to replace a capacitor on a wine refrigerator. Worked on the first try! Thanks!

Straight to the point. Thanks dude.

thank you! the toothpick trick is awesome :) im gonna fix that stupid LG Flatron now !^^

TYVM no other videos actually show you what to do. Thank you for making this video and keep it up!

Thanks. I’m about to attempt replacing a largish capacitor on my inverter panel which has failed , hopefully it will be as simple as you describe 👍🏻

This is among the best videos out there on this subject.

Thankyou for creating this video, its given me a little confidence into trying to fix my Atari 2600 😅

excellent DIY, very easy, How to figure out which capacitor is bad? I realize that question is not so simple

You are a god with the toothpick trick

I'm a a late visitor, due to other projects; but it is interesting that this video co-incides with the so-called "Bad Cap" Era (2008-2012). Same time frame I got laid off from work.

Very nice informative video. I have been soldering and repairing electronics many many years (im as old as a T-Rex fart, dead dinosaurs, aka crude oil, etc) and I think the toothpick idea is the bees knees, works like a charm for all passive components. Thanks again and keep up the great shaped solder joints my geeky tech mined friend. Love Love Love all the videos (ignore the h8ers they dont know wtf they are talking about) Count me as SUBBED!

I love learning tricks of the trade. Toothpick FTW

Thank you so much for your upload, i was able to fix a blown capacitor on my studio monitor(speaker). Thank you kind sir.

Thanks very informative going to replace mine now .I like how you make this so simple process every one else makes such of a big deal of it.It almost makes you feel like not doing it your self.

As a noob preparing a cap job on the Casio MG-510 midi guitar that has notorious cap issues I'm wondering wouldn't it be better to solder it so that there is a bit of space between the board and the capacitor, in your example you place the capacitor very near to the board, allowing it some longer 'legs' it would be easier (a) to establish whether a cap has turned leaky (b) do some * testing (* would love to insert a technical word but I'm a noob, I mean the sort of test with which you establish this cap needs replacing or not.

What temperature is the iron set at? That iron sure seems to be melting so quickly!

Nice tip with the toothpick. Will come in very handy. Thank you

This was one of the clearest videos I’ve ever seen. Thanks for keeping it straightforward. One question. My experience soldering leaves oxidation (I think) on the joints. The white substance forms immediately after I remove the iron. I see you left the iron on for a second after removing the solder. Do I need to do that?

Thumbs up dude ! THIS is what worked like a charm for me. Never done it before.

Thanks man. This was very informative. You make it look easier than it is!

i found a common pi or long needle works very well to clear out the hole

Thanks so much! You made it so easy and I never did anything like this before- got it done and worked perfect the first time! You are awesome! Thanks so much!

Perfect, helped me a lot fixing my dishwasher, many thanks.

this has helped me learn ALOT thank you!

Thanks for the info I wasn't sure if there was an - and a + on a capacitor now I know, a well explained video

Excellent video. Watched and replaced in my Samsung tv. Works great again. Thanks for posting this awesome how to video

I must have a really bad soldering iron cus this took me forever. It was not melting the wire right at all

Great explanation

easy and well explained. I missed the safety part though. Should we do something with the capacitor before? It might hold alot of charge in it right?

Thanks for the tips!! Wish I would have watched this b4 I paid for this Desoldering Pump. Could have just used a toothpick! Awesome!!

Thank you for this video.

Thank you so much. I was not sure I was brave enough to replace the capacitors on my Samsung TV, which has a clicking on/off problem and turns itself on when ever it feels like it, but your video has given me the confidence I need to give it a go. I have order myself some new capacitors on the strength of your very informative video. I have it fixed in my head now that the negative is the short leg side and goes were the moon shape is :) Would you advise to do one capacitor at a time, rather than taking them all out, then replacing?

Cool trick with the toothpick thanks for the upload- i'm doing a recap for one of my arcade PCBs

Thank you so much. Short simple easy. Now I get to make the whole neighborhood hate me again with my 4K watt car amplifier lol

I'm ready to give up. I've soldered all kinds of things in my 50+ years. I'm replacing 3 capacitors in my 88 mustang computer. It's not something I can mess up because there are no more of these. When I try to do exactly what you did to touch the solder to the new cap wire, the solder goes straight to the iron tip like a magnet. If I get a drop like you show where the cap wire comes out of the hole, I can lift the iron all the way up the cap leg and it will follow the iron all the way. It will not release onto the board. I've tried flux. I'm using 6040 flux core. It's the only solder I can find around here and I was lucky to fine it. Please tell me what I'm doing wrong. I'm using the same basic iron I've always used similar to yours.

Thank you for the video. I had never seen the toothpick method before.

Excellent video - thank you. Is it necessary to clamp the capacitor to prevent any damage from the heat of the soldering gun?

Toothpick and fingernail clippers! Great tips!

thank you very much, this is very helpful

Thanks for the great vid. Just what I was looking for!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Great vid! Now I’m going to return the $25 worth of non necessary items they used in the other videos!

Awesome job explaining it simply to a newb. Awesome trick if u want to save money.

Excellent video !! Thank you !!!

Just stumbled across this one thanks for sharing!!

You are awesome! I have fixed many TV's using your videos.

Thanks for this vid, it was really helpful. And big props for that toothpick trick.👍😃

Thanks, a steady hand is critical too. QUESTION is; Can a 1200uF capacitor be replaced with a 1000uF of the same voltage?

What is the recommended soldering kit for this?

Can i just replace the board if i don't wanna go through all that and solder?

Excellent video and straight to the point.

You’re a legend ! Exactly what I needed!

Best Demo yet!! Thanks

Thanks brotha! this is exactly what I needed to see. Appreciate the post!

Thanks, your video helped me!

Thanks for the post! The toothpick tip was most helpful.

ohh adviticing argh... it was so good until that. Anyway thanks I think I have blown one or more, I think I can do this if it is the Capacitor that has blown or more. It sounded like it something was trying to fly to the moon and that has happened before where it was someone of the same sound and issue.... Hopefully it is just one Capacitor or something that needs to be fixed. Would be nice. I made a huge mistake and... well shorted my DC power and it continues to short. But hopefully I can sort it out or get a new board for the power station.

i have a motherboard that needs 13 of them swapped out thankfully they are all the same type and rating

Disculpe tengo una pregunta, quiero cambiar los capacitors de mi amplificador de micrófono por unos Panasonic mi pregunta es si aumento la capacidad de los volteos será necesario cambiar los demás componentes del circuito, como resistor, om amp etc ?? como por ejemplo si tengo uno de 100uf 30v y lo cambio por un 150uf y 60v ?? Si podría hacerlo??

Perfect! Thank you!

DISCHARGE the capacitor before working on it

Thank you so much for the tutorials!

Very helpful and informative. Thank you.

what if the capacitor is not flushed with the board originally? does the replacement need to be elevated as well or can it sit flush against the board like in your video?

I have a few old amiga 600s but the old solder is very stubborn and doesn't seem to melt. Do you have any tips.

Such a good video! Thank you!

You are awesome! Thanks for the help saved me a good bit of money repairing my pool control board. :)

Where do I buy capacitors and resistors, please?

This is what i was looking for. Thanks

Superb - thanks!

Thanks for the tutorial, I have a 1982 Sylvania black and white TV that I got from a family that bought it and never used it, so I think its new old stock. I’m gonna open it up and see if I can replace the capacitors, being that they are almost 40 years old. Quick question though, I was messing around with it when I first got it and I broke the V-size dial. Now it only works if I leave a screwdriver attached to it, otherwise the picture is just a line, like this -----------. Anybody have any thoughts on what I can do to fix it?

Thanks. A great video.

Great video

Thank you!

just the info I needed thankyou !

NICE👍👍 Like the toothpick technique.

Excellent tutorial! easy to see everything you did. *****

Great straight forward video...

thanks!

Amazing video, very informative finally