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How to Make Advanced Measurements With a Multimeter

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How to measure capacitance (large capacitors)
  • The next two steps show how to safely measure larger electrolytic capacitors. These capacitors look like small cylinders. The iFixit multimeter can only measure capacitance up to ~100mF (millifarads).

  • Plug the black lead into the COM port. Plug the red lead into the right port.

  • Power down the circuit you're measuring, if you're measuring the capacitor while it's still connected to the circuit.

  • Make sure the capacitor is sufficiently discharged:

  • Turn the function dial to the DC volt mode.

  • Carefully touch the probes to the capacitor's leads/pads to measure voltage. Treat the circuit as a live circuit and be careful not to touch anything else with your probes.

  • Make sure the capacitor voltage is 10V or less. If it isn't, wait a minute to let the capacitor self-discharge, or use a capacitor discharge tool to discharge the capacitor.

  • As you measure the capacitor's voltage, the multimeter may slowly charge the capacitor up. Don't measure the capacitor for too long to prevent this from happening.

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