Re: Measuring MMCs

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Original poster: "S&JY" <youngsters-at-konnections-dot-net> 

Bart,

I think more likely it is that our capacitance meters are different.
Apparently yours is insensitive to resistance across your capacitors.  Mine
is a BK Precision 5380 DVM.  What's yours?
--Steve Y.

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Subject: Re: Measuring MMCs


 > Original poster: "Bart Anderson" <tesla111-at-sbcglobal-dot-net>
 >
 > Hi Steve,
 >
 > Interesting observation. As to your question, I have "not" noticed a
 > change. One of my MMC banks consist of 3 strings of 18 caps per string of
 > the (0.15uF CD942's). It calculates to .025uF and measures .025uF exactly.
 > Each cap includes a 10M ohm resistor (carbon) soldered across each cap.
 > http://www.classictesla-dot-com/photos/mmc/mmc.html
 >
 > Seems something is different between your MMC and my own. Possibly cap
type
 > or resistor type?