Axial Caps Gone Bad

[Iesca]

It's a bit of a truism that axial electrolytic capacitors don't normally go bad. But they still do sometimes! Always worth a check when going over a board that has them...

 

[Iesca]

(This is a 128k analogue board that was upgraded at some point early on to a 512k.)

 

[Juror22]

I found a couple similar to this on both an original 512 and also on an upgrade board from this era.

 

[David Cook]

Always worth a check when going over a board that has them...

Good advice!