Is it a capacitor, is it a resistor?

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It's a 22.09 usecs time constant - at least until it drifts.

Can digital ohm-meters be fooled by ESR?

It does sound like a leaky cap mind you - and interesting that the leakage matches the stamped uf value!

John :-#)#

Possibly, but not to that extent. The meter was a Philip PM2518, which I believe uses DC for the ohms measurement.

A new capacitor solved the problem and saved a rather expensive and special piece of kit from being consigned to the scrap heap.

Used to keep a special box for spectacularly wrong parts, but never found a situation where their re-use was justified, even as a joke.

Everybody takes themselves so seriously these days. At least each part had a story behind it . . . .

RL

Way back when... I used to keep some blown fueses around, just for people who wanted "a fuse exactly like this one".

Was it a light blue Sanyo?

It was indeed!

Sounds like a known issue, then. Unless Chuck is psychic, of course.

Those Sanyo caps caused many weird problems in Pioneer receivers. Back in the day, I worked in the main repair department of which is now the largest electronics retailer in North America. Since we worked on only commission, the receiver repairer sometimes got stuck on an odd problem and didn't want to take a financial hit. I used to love challenges so I would repair these receivers. I would say, other than power amp issues, these caps were the main culprits.