I have an old Honda ATC70 that has a condenser that needs to be checked. I believe a condenser is just an capacitor. I've read that you can't use a digital multimeter to measure capacity and that you need digital capacitance meter. After look at my manual for my digital multimeter, I believe I can use it to measure capacity. Can someone confirm this? Thanks
Here is the manual for my multimeter.
And here is the procedure for condenser capacity test.
Condenser Capacity Test
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- adafruit_support_mike
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Re: Condenser Capacity Test
'Condenser' is an older name for a capacitor, and the manual page shows an expected capacitance reading of about 0.22 microfarads.
The manual for your meter doesn't say anything about measuring capacitance though, so you'll need another meter to do that.
Of the ones we have in the shop, these two can measure capacitance:
http://www.adafruit.com/products/308
http://www.adafruit.com/products/850
The manual for your meter doesn't say anything about measuring capacitance though, so you'll need another meter to do that.
Of the ones we have in the shop, these two can measure capacitance:
http://www.adafruit.com/products/308
http://www.adafruit.com/products/850
- jrmn
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Re: Condenser Capacity Test
Thanks Mike I probably should get a new multimeter anyway.
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