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EX36x‐en‐GB_V1.61/17

CapacitanceMeasurements

WARNING:Toavoidelectricshock,removepowertothecircuitundertestanddischargethe

capacitorundertestbeforemeasuring.Donottestoncircuitsordeviceswhere60VDCor

30VACispresent.

1. Setthefunctionswitchtothe

capacitanceposition.

2. InserttheblacktestleadbananaplugintothenegativeCOMjack

andtheredtestleadbananaplugintothepositive jack.

3. PresstheMbuttontoselecttheunitofmeasuresymbolF.

4. Touchthetestprobetips acrossthepartundertest.

5. UsetheRelativemode

tocomparemeasurementstoasaved,knowncapacitancevalue.

SeenextsectionforRelativemodeinstructions.

6. Readthecapacitancevalueinthedisplay.

7. Thedisplaywillindicatetheproperdecimalpointandvalue.

Note:Forlargevaluesofcapacitanceseveralsecondsmayberequiredbeforethereading

stabilizes.

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Fig4‐7CAPACITANCEMEASUREMENTS

RelativeMode

InRelativemodeareferencereadingcanbestoredwithwhichtocomparesubsequentreadings.

Pressthe buttontostorethedisplayedreadinginmemory,thisbecomesthereference.The

symbol willbedisplayedwhentheRelativemodeisactive.Subsequentreadingswillnowbe

comparedtothestoredreference(DisplayedReading=MeasurementminusReference).Pressthe

buttonagaintoexittheRelativemode;theRelativesymbolwillswitchoff.

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