Capacitance Measurement - VOLTCRAFT VC292 Bedienungsanleitung

12.15 Capacitance measurement

Ensure that all objects that you want to measure (including circuit compo-
nents, circuits and component parts) are disconnected and discharged.
Always pay attention to the polarity when using electrolytic capacitors.
1. Switch the DMM on and select the measurement range
2. Press the SEL/
switch to capacitance mode.
3. Insert the red lead into the V
socket and the black lead into
the COM socket.
"nF" will appear on the dis-
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play.
Due to the sensitive meas-
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uring input, the display may
show a reading even with
"open" test leads.
Press the REL button to
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measure small capacities
(<600 nF). The indicator is
then set to "0". Auto range
is thereby disabled.
4. Connect the two measuring probes (red = positive, black = negative) to the
object that you want to measure (capacitor). The capacitance will be shown on
the display after a few seconds. Wait until the display stabilises. This may take a
few seconds for capacitances greater than 60 µF.
"OL" (overload) indicates that the measurement range has been exceeded.
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5. After taking a measurement, remove the leads from the measured object and
switch the DMM off.
button 3x to
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