My friends and I tend to make things from our junkbox collections of parts. The condition of these parts is questionable at times and it would be nice to test, to the extent possible, for some easy things. I can test some of the capacitors with my DVM but that only tells part of the story, I think. When I had a VOM I could test electrolytics with the ohm-meter scale and watch the capacitor charge.
It would seem that applying a DC voltage might tell some of the story. A friend thought of using a curve tracer though those are hard to come by, especially at higher voltages.
Any thoughts or ideas would be appreciated.
It would seem that applying a DC voltage might tell some of the story. A friend thought of using a curve tracer though those are hard to come by, especially at higher voltages.
Any thoughts or ideas would be appreciated.