[SEL] Re: IHC mag/distributor question.

Rob Skinner rskinner at rustyiron.com
Tue Apr 11 07:28:46 PDT 2006


> the capacitor with a VOM and it checked good.

Sorry mate.  You can't check capacitor's "goodness" with a
VOM.  You can check a capacitor's "badness" with a VOM.  For
that matter, you can't check for "goodness" with a simple
capacitance meter, either.  

Your VOM pumps out what?  Nine volts?  A capacitor might
"look" good when being tested with nine volts, but as soon
as you put it in the real-life circuit with 400 volts, it
will leak electrons like classified information through
Scooter Libby's mouth.

Rob






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