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Old 01-12-2014, 01:26 AM
bob91343 bob91343 is offline
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That only works as a leakage test, and only then if the leakage is substantial. You can do the same thing by touching the capacitor. If it's warmer than the others, it's bad.

But capacitors have other failure modes, so it's not a very good test. A decent capacitor tester is fairly cheap.
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