[Amps] shorted filter cap

[Bill, W6WRT]

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On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:01:58 -0600, "Danny Pease" <dpease at adams.net>
wrote:

>Shorted is relative. If you can measure low enough, there is no such thing
>as a short. A piece of wire is usually considered a short, but we all know
>it has some values of resistance. A few ohms compared to a several hundred
>thousand or even millions, is a short.

REPLY:

Correct, in the theoretical sense.

 In the practical sense, anyone who has been troubleshooting long
knows the difference between a shorted part and one that is leaky, and
that is the sense in which I was speaking.  

73, Bill W6WRT