At 11:57 PM 26/04/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Turns out, it was a 0.1uF leaded monolithic cap, that had developed an
>internal "short" of 11.2k.
>
>I've seen them fail shorted (near zero R) before, and open, but never 10k!
>
>It's a more complicated failure though, as I wasn't able to pull it up to
>5V, even with a 1k resistor.
>47 ohms got it there though.  Sort of like a bad zener, and definitely not
>what you expect from a capacitor!
>
>FWIW, there's the culprit.

I always use MKT's for audio and timing applications. The mono's seem
to curl up and die when used for other than PSU de-coupling purposes.
Maybe it shouldn't be so, but repair experience has shown it to be true.
Regards...

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