Hello all,
I've got an APEX JR. subwoofer amp that was blowing fuses after several years of not being used. I opened up the amp and found black goo on the board around the 4700 uF capacitors. The goo looked like melted plastic skin from the caps. Both caps look to be damaged in the same way, with melting on the pin end. No bulging that I can see.
Other than replacing the caps, what else might be bad in this situation? I have good soldering skills, but not much experience troubleshooting stuff like this.


I've got an APEX JR. subwoofer amp that was blowing fuses after several years of not being used. I opened up the amp and found black goo on the board around the 4700 uF capacitors. The goo looked like melted plastic skin from the caps. Both caps look to be damaged in the same way, with melting on the pin end. No bulging that I can see.
Other than replacing the caps, what else might be bad in this situation? I have good soldering skills, but not much experience troubleshooting stuff like this.

