Capacit An Ce Measurem Ent - Digimaster DM-58 A Manual De Uso

F. Capa citan ce Me asur ement
Warning – To a void da mage to th e Meter or to th e equip me nt under t est, disconnect circ uit
pow er and disc harge all high-volt age cap aci tors be fore me asuring cap acit ance. Us e the DC
voltage fun ction to confir m th at th e c apa citor is disch arged.
To avoid h arms to y ou, plea sed do no t at te mp t to input v oltag es high er than 60V DC or 30V rm s AC.
Cap acita nc e me asu reme nt has 3 me asureme nt p ositions on the rotary switch: 2nF, 2 00nF an d 10 0µF.
To measure cap acita nc e, con nect th e Met er as f ollo ws:
Insert th e multi -p ur pose sock et i nto t he HzV Ω
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mA (/DM58B ) termin al.
8. Set the rot ary switc h to a n a ppr o pri ate m eas urem ent position i n
Insert th e ca pacit or to be test ed i nto the cor respo nd in g jack of the multi- p urp ose socket.
The measur ed v alue sho ws on th e displ ay.
Note
When th e teste d ca pac itor is shorted or the capacit or valu e is ov erloa de d, the LCD display s "1".
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To min imize the me asur em ent e rror ca use d by the distr ibute d capacito r, the testing l ea d sh oul d be as
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short as poss ibl e.
It is norm al to tak e a l on ger time whe n testi ng a >10µF high capac itor valu e.
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When c ap acita nce testi ng has bee n c omp let ed, r em ove the mu lti-p urp ose s ocket f rom t he in put
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termi na l.
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(D M5 8 A7 ) and µA MA ( DM5 8A) or
(D M5 8B) o r VΩ
range.