PeakTech 2175 Bedienungsanleitung Seite 34

5.8. Capacitance Measurements
WARNING!
To avoid electric shock, disconnect power to the unit under test
and discharge all capacitors before taking any capacitance
measurements.
Discharge the capacitor before measurement!!
To test the capacitance, please follow the following procedure:
1. Set the function switch to the CAP position.
("nF" and a small value will appear in the display).
2. Insert the black test lead banana plug into the negative (-)-
jack and the red test lead plug into the positive (+)-jack.
3. Touch the test leads to the capacitor to be tested.
4. The display will Indicate the proper decimal point, value and
symbol.
Note:
- In order to obtain an accurate reading, a capacitor must be
discharged before measurement begins.
The chip has a built-in discharge mode to automatically
discharge the capacitor. In discharge mode, the LCD display
"DS.C".
- For very large values of capacitance measurement time can
be several minutes before the final reading stabilizes. The
LCD displays "dis.c" when discharging. Discharging through
the chip is quite slow. We recommend to discharge the
capacitor with some other equipment.
NOTE
In lower range substract residual offset reading from the result
with test leads opening.
WARNING !
Never apply an external voltage to socket damage to the meter
may result.
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