Plastic top popped off it, leakage around bottom, plastic connectors black from burning.
Symptoms were electric tripping, loud popping/crackling from dryer.
My question is do these go on there own or could something have caused it to defect this way. Don’t want to stick another on and the same thing happen again!
Yep thats mains filter, not had many of them go, had dozens of motor caps’ blow out though. Motor capacitor is located mounted at motor, access via small aperture at rear where hose connects to.