Understanding and Measuring Capacitors (Part Three)

In part three, Mitch uses the voltage setting on the DMM to measure a capacitor's ability to hold a charge.
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  • @McmM-cv9sb
    @McmM-cv9sb3 ай бұрын

    That was excellent..

  • @takingmeasure

    @takingmeasure

    3 ай бұрын

    Thank you for watching.

  • @waynegram8907
    @waynegram8907 Жыл бұрын

    The KLEIN and FLUKE meter should be very high impedance, so it shouldn't discharge the capacitor unless the capacitor has a high ESR. A good capacitor will keep the charge stable and not discharge. This is how you test very large capacitance that are out of the DVM meters capacitance range. If a capacitor is 10,000uf you can't test it using a DVM meter in capacitance mode so you have to apply the operating rated voltage using a power supply then removing it and let the capacitor still for an hour and come back to measure the DC voltage and it should be very stable not discharging at all.

  • @takingmeasure

    @takingmeasure

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks again for commenting. I do not have any experience with large farad value devices. Interesting stuff! And a lot of stored energy!