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Anybody know the proper way to test a high-voltage self-discharging capacitor?
(Don’t say Mr. Carlson’s, it’s a fine device but it doesn’t test caps like this. Will it show a leak? Yes. That’s by design.)
With a regular meter it tests in range and it’s correctly self-discharging but all that’s at meter voltage which is not exactly this thing’s operating range.
(It’s from a cabinet-fit microwave. Everything works except the magnetron doesn’t actually do anything. I hear the relay click but no zappy. So it’s probably that. But I’m not willing to replace that part because that involves breaking microwave radiation containment shields and I don’t have a microwave detector and I’m not buying one for one (1) microwave repair.)
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Date: 2023-09-12 11:04 am (UTC)Not microFarad. Farad. And it's only about 2 cm long.
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Date: 2023-09-12 02:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-10-04 07:21 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-10-04 07:22 am (UTC)...how?
also what voltage because it's got to be low right?
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Date: 2023-10-04 10:55 am (UTC)