This is the failed capacitor from a powersupply for my PDP-8/I. The top is supposed to be recessed, not bulging out. You can see on the paper towel some of the oil that leaked out. The capacitor is a 2 uf 660 volts AC capacitor for a ferroresonant transformer. It was made in 1968.
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