EGAmaster EgaTronic COD.58515, Operating Instructions Manual

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G. CAPACITANCE MEASUREMENT (see figure 9)
(figure 9)
Warning!
To avoid damage to the Meter or to the equipment under test, disconnect circuit power
and discharge all high-voltage capacitors before measuring capacitance.Use the DC
voltage function to confirm that the capacitor is discharged.
To avoid harms to you, never attempt to input voltages higher than 60V DC or 30V rms
AC.
Capacitance measurement has 4 measurement positions on the rotary swich: 2nF, 20nF, 2
µ
F
and 20
µ
F.
To measure capacitance, connect the Meter as follows:
1. According to the size of the tested object’s leads, select multi-purpose socket or test clip to
insert into the
mA
and
V
Ω
terminal.
2. Set the rotary switch to an appropriate measurement position in Fcx range.
3. Insert the tested object into the corresponding jack of the multi-purpose socket or connect
the test clip to the object being measured.
The measured value shows on the display.
Note
• If the value of capacitance to be measured is unknown, use the maximum measurement
position, and reduce the range step by step until a satisfactory reading is obtained.
• When the tested capacitor is shorted or the capacitor value is overloaded, the LCD
display “ 1 ”.
• To minimize the measurement error caused by the distributed capacitor, the testing lead
should be as short as possible.
• To increase the accuracy especially when measuring small capacitance range, the
correct reading is subtracting the test lead open circuit value from the display value.