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What happens when a Cap fails?

I am trying to understand What happens when the Electrolytic caps fail at the input terminal of a charger? What about at the output of the bridge rectifier? These two caps below are rated 100uF @ 200V....
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Diagnosing cause of electrolytic capacitor failing

I am hoping somebody could help me diagnose the cause of failing electrolytic capacitors in a circuit. The context is a charger circuit, more specifically its power supply unit: Given a diode bridge ...
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