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Old 4th Dec 2017, 11:39 am   #16
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Default Re: Should an electrolytic capacitor have measurable resistance?

Getting back to your original question, is it possible that the original cap simply had its shrink-wrapped cover put on 180 degrees out, so the capacitor was actually OK but the polarity was wrongly indicated? (With predictably catastrophic results, since you would naturally assume the polarity was marked correctly and insert the part accordingly).
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