I think mounting a big cap like that would not be stable mounted that way. This would require some potting compound to be used to hold it in place and even then it would be the highest point on the pcb and likely to get knocked off. Also this capacitor will be charged at 12V so while not dangerous if something shorted the large exposed leads it would be not be good. Lastly, this board was designed for the EEW 6.1 and the best positioning is where I put it and I don't want to create a special circuit board for the EEW 6.0. These are the reasons I posititioned it where I did. I do admit I considered a better placement for the EEW 6.0 in earily development but decided to go with the best design for the EEW 6.1. The rework on the EEW 6.0 will be pretty rare and I can't see removing that plastic taking anyone more than half an hour (or ask a friend who is more comfortable doing these sorts of things if anyone is really worried about doing it themselves) so I think it was probably the right choice.

@@DreamingRobotsBlog Hey , thanks for the answer , I honestly have to disagree with that statement as this could have been solved with an iteration on your prototyping phase, as a Hardware developer I can share you that the last thing you want is the end-user to be annoyed by a recall or upgrade that will make them fiddle with their nice piece of equipment. If they break something they will be annoyed. You could have easily move the capacitor out of the way as it is a Main_VCC storage cap and can be located anywhere near the main_vcc rail so no need to be exactly on that location as it's not frequency critical. I bet a couple mm shift will avoid that plastic wall and not affect your pcb design at all . But hey , it's part of the learning curve , happened to me as well, maybe this change can be executed and validated on a next updated version of the board in case you want to continue using the same plastic injection mold 🙌 keep up the good work !

​@@ChEsArE9000Thanks for the feedback. I will consider it.

It is designed to help with that. Does the random stopping issue only happen with the foot pedal attached? If so clean between the metal plates and if that doesn't help then this does have some extra protection for static coming through the foot pedal.

My random stopping issue occurred with and without the foot peddle. About to try to install the new circuit board. Hope that corrects the issue.

Well, that didn’t take as long as I thought at all. The Dremel worked well - I may have discovered a new favourite tool. The light flashes once plugged in until spinning starts, at which time it is continuous. I plan to do quite a bit of plying over the next few days, so should be able to report on the stopping issue.

The light is also continuous when the speed is off.