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Post #5 by Gorgonops
Source Forum68kMLA
CategoryHardware
Post DateThu, 10 Nov 2011 - 16:58
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/how-do-you-test-diodes-resistors-and-capacitors.24200/
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I've personally had very little luck testing capacitors in-situ. I've found that a given capacitor (which is good) will test to its rating on the bench but when it's soldered into place it the fact that it's grounded into other circuitry will prevent it from giving a normal reading.

Maybe that's just my experience, but I wouldn't trust a multimeter reading to diagnose a bad cap.

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