Large capacitors!
First off, yes I'm aware of the safety concerns here... Large capacitors can have deadly amounts of voltage stored, and should be handled carefully and knowledgeably!
My question: is there a reliable process for testing a large capacitor? I have a 6800uf 63v DC cap off an old audio mixing board, and I'm trying to determine if it's gone bad or not. Despite learning a few test procedures I've seen posted online, I can't understand what my digital multi-meter (DMM) is telling me when I use those same procedures. Is my DMM not capable of testing such a large cap? If I handed you this cap, how would you test it?
First off, yes I'm aware of the safety concerns here... Large capacitors can have deadly amounts of voltage stored, and should be handled carefully and knowledgeably!
My question: is there a reliable process for testing a large capacitor? I have a 6800uf 63v DC cap off an old audio mixing board, and I'm trying to determine if it's gone bad or not. Despite learning a few test procedures I've seen posted online, I can't understand what my digital multi-meter (DMM) is telling me when I use those same procedures. Is my DMM not capable of testing such a large cap? If I handed you this cap, how would you test it?