[TenTec] ESR vs Leakage

[Kim Elmore]

There has been discussion here about capacitor ESR in the past. I don't 
have an ESR meter, but I removed and checked some of the suspect 
capacitors. Can ESR be related to DC leakage? None of the ones I removed 
appear to be leaky with a DC resistance on the order of a few megohms. 
Does this equate to low ESR or is there no reliable relation save that 
leaky capacitors are always bad?

Kim N5OP
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Kim Elmore, Ph.D. (Adj. Assoc. Prof., OU School of Meteorology, CCM, PP 
SEL/MEL/Glider, N5OP, 2nd Class Radiotelegraph, GROL)

/"In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in 
practice, there is." //-- Attributed to many people; it's so true that 
it doesn't matter who said it./