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Originally Posted by Geist
...I have an old Capacitor checker made by Solar, but it hasn't had its caps checked or changed, nor has it had its tubes checked.. So, IF this Cap checker, is not functional at present, Is there another way to check for Leakage ??
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You can use a multimeter, VTVM, or VOM on the high ohms scale. It won't test for capacitance value or breakdown voltage, but is a quickie method of checking for leakage.
In grid coupling caps and in bypass applications you want to see infinite resistance, but in cathode bypass applications where there's a low resistance in parallel with the cap, a little leakage wouldn't hurt anything.