Re: HV Cap testing,

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Original poster: "Kevin Wasik by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ai-at-xtalwind-dot-net>

I think you should apply dc instead of ac.

Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "Jonathan Peakall by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jpeakall-at-mcn-dot-org>
>
> Howdy,
>
> Can someone point me to a good source of info regarding testing caps
> with voltage? I tried putting 120vac into my caps, then testing them
> with a DMM, and all I get is a brief reading that is much lower than
> 120v. What is the proper way to do this,
>
> Thaks all,
>
> Jonathan