Capacitance Measurements
XW Warning
To prevent possible electrical shock, fire, or
personal injury, disconnect power and
discharge all high-voltage capacitors before you
measure resistance, continuity, capacitance, or
a diode junction.
The Multimeter makes a capacitance measurement by
charging a capacitor with a known current, measures the
resulting voltage, then calculates the capacitance. See
Figure 8.
True-rms Thermal Multimeter
iFlex
Figure 8. Capacitance Measurements
Basic Measurements
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