H. Capa cita nce Me asure ment
Warning: To av oid dam ag e to the Met er or to the eq uipm ent und er t es t, dis connec t th e te sted circuit
pow er when me asuring on line cap acit ors an d discharge all high-volt ag e capacitors before me asuring
cap acit ance. U se th e DC v oltag e function to confir m that the c apa citor is dis charged.
Nev er at temp t to input o ver 60 V in DC or 3V r ms in AC to avoid perso nal dan gerous.
To measu re c ap acita nce, con nect th e Met er as f oll ows:
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Insert th e ca pacit or to be test ed i nto the capacit ance jack.
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Set the rotary switch to a n a ppr o pri ate m eas ur em ent p ositi on i n ra ng e.
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Con nect the test lea ds across with th e o bj ect be in g measu re d.
The measur ed v alue sho ws on th e dis pl ay .
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For testi ng th e ca pac itor wit h pol arity , connect the red test lea d to an ode & black test l ead to catho de.
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When th e tested ca pacitor is short ed or th e v alue is ov erlo ad e d, the L CD displ ay "1".
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To minim ize the measur ement error caused by the d istri but ed c ap acito r, the c on nectio n sh ould be as short as
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possi bl e.
It is normal to tak e a whil e f or ze roi ng when ch angin g ov er the m eas ur ement ra n ge. This p rocess will n ot aff ect
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the acc ur acy of the f inal read ings obtaine d.
(figure 8)