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Capacitor tests,electrolytics vs film caps.Scroll to the bottom and read up.

Posted by Michael Samra (D) on July 23, 2016 at 13:52:45

ESR is 1.1 ohms

Leakage current is minus 1.4 microamps which is below 0

Dielectric absorption is 0% which is tops.

This is a 51uf Solen poly and it reads exactly 51.3uf

Leakage current is 5.2 microamps,not milliamps which very low

dielectric absorption is 0% which is expected.

The ESR is 1.16 ohms

This is a 70uf Panasonic film cap and it reads exactly 70uf

Leakage is about 3ma which is very good for this 820uf lytic large value cap

ESR is 1.14 ohms which is really good as well

Dielectric absorption is at 8% which is dam good for a lytic.

This first cap is the Panasonic 820uf CE.It reads 716uf which is actually well within tolerance of 20% which this reading around 12% or so.

The tests I am going to show you are tested on my Sencore LC-102 and it shows the most critical aspects from ESR,dielectric absorption,leakage by current and internal resistance.I picked my favorite to two of my many favorite film caps.

"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong" H. L. Mencken

Edits: 07/23/16

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