Capacitance Measurement (C) - Intec ARGUS 300 Manual

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3.1.4 Capacitance measurement (C)

Capacitance measurement shows the typical input capacitance of connected devices or
the capacitance of the open line.
The line must be open. This can be ensured using the instrument kit
function "open circuit". Before the measurement, a voltage check is
performed in which the voltage limits given in the table (see page 7) may
not be exceeded.
Always make sure that no instrument kit is connected when measuring
capacitance on extremely short lines (< 100 m). If this occurs, the
decoupling capacitance of the instrument kit may also be measured,
which will significantly falsify the measuring results. On the TS916, for
example, an additional capacitance of 3.3 nF is measured at a
measuring frequency of 8 Hz.
See the chapter Technical data page 8 for information on measuring ranges, resolutions
and accuracies of voltage measurement.
Capacitance measurement settings
After selecting the "Menu" softkey, the following settings can be made:
- Wire Types
- Susceptibility
- Remote Kit Command
- Remote Kit
- Information Bell
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