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Originally Posted by ChristianFletcher
Thanks for the discussion. My understanding of X rated capacitor is they are actually designed to fail short circuit as the method of protection is to blow the fuse.
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They may fail either open or short. They may not fail somewhere in between and start a fire. Mind you, some paper caps only fulfil that criterion when they're new...
Y capacitors on the other hand, should only fail open.