Cap would be open circuit right not short.
Not if the capacitor was installed backwards. Which it was. More details to follow after I get the blade back online... IF I get it back online. Things are looking better now than a couple of hours ago at least.
Backwards?!? Ouch, their QC doesn't seem to have worked for the Q or the C for the non-early orders.
Reversed polarity. As bass ackwards as it gets.