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  • JoeyJoe
    Senior Member
    • Sep 2012
    • 76
    • United Kingdom
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    Blown caps reverse polarity?

    I build a capacitance meter today that has been working well. It gives the farad reading on a LCD, which is pretty accurate.

    I tested some blown caps on this thing, but it only gives a reading when the negative is connected to the positive and vice versa.

    Why does this happen?
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    • JoeyJoe
      Senior Member
      • Sep 2012
      • 76
      • United Kingdom
      #2
      Re: Blown caps reverse polarity?

      Ignore that, turned out it works both ways

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