On Tue, 21 Aug 2018 21:28:10 -0400, Phil Hobbs wrote:

+1 for can-opening it to save wear and tear on the board. If you
measure 45 ohms ESR in-circuit, it won't be better by itself.

Well, it's hardly surprising for an electro of this age. Clearly the
original component from a scope with a s/n indicating it was manufactured
44 years ago! What was more surprising was that only 2 out of 6 electros
in the PSU section showed abnormal readings (the remaining faulty one has
gone leaky).




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