☑ How To Use A Capacitor Tester

You can discharge a capacitor just by shorting the leads very dangerous be careful but an easy way is to use a load like a high wattage resistor or an led. We go through several different tests all using a multimeter.

Cap1500 Automatic Digital Capacitor Tester

How To Test A Capacitor By Digital Analog Multimeter 6

How To Test A Capacitor

Once you understand the timing cycle you can test down to 05uf and up to 650uf.

How to use a capacitor tester. In order to test a capacitor using analog multimeter we are going to use its ohmmeter functionality. To test a capacitor using a digital multimeter with a capacitance setting start by disconnecting the capacitor from the circuit its a part of. Next read the capacitance value on the outside of the capacitor and set your multimeter to its capacitance setting.

March 4 2017 bryan orr 4 comments. As usual disconnect the capacitor and discharge it. Testing run capacitors the smart and easy way.

This simple capacitor tester is capable of testing electrolytic capacitors in the range of 1uf to 450uf. On a system that is not running there isnt anything wrong with this test but when you are constantly checking capacitors as a. Then connect the multimeter leads to the capacitor terminals.

We do resistance checks using an ohmmeter voltage checks using a voltmeter and capacitance checks using a capacitor meter. It can test large start and run capacitors as well as 1uf miniature capacitors rated at 10v. When testing a run capacitor many techs pull the leads off and use the capacitance setting on their meter to test the capacitor.

This is an article showing a user how he can test a capacitor to see if it is good or defective.