4.3.5. Capacitance measurement
Before carrying out capacitance measurements on circuits or capacitors, cut
off power supply from the circuit being tested and let all capacitance in it be
discharged. When connecting the multimeter and the capacitance to be
measured, respect the correct polarity (when required).
Fig. 7: Use of the instrument for capacitance measurement
Select position CAP
1.
2.
Press the MODE/
3.
Insert the red cable into input terminal VHz%mACAP
into input terminal COM
4.
Position the leads at the ends of the capacitor to be tested, respecting, if necessary,
the positive (red cable) and negative (black cable) polarity (see Fig. 7). The display
shows the value of capacitance
5.
The message
measurable value
6.
To use the HOLD function, see § 4.2
key to select "nF" measurement
O.L.
indicates that the value of capacitance exceeds the maximum
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CAUTION
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IRONMETER
and the black cable