Product Manual

FLIRCM72_CM74USERMANUALDocumentIdentifier:CM72_CM74‐en‐US_AA
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5.7CapacitanceMeasurements
Warning:Donotperformcapacitancetestsbeforeremovingthepowertothecapacitororto
otherdevicesundertestduringameasurement.Injurytopersonscanoccur.
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1. Setthefunctionswitchtothe position.
2.
UsetheMODEbuttontoselectcapacitancefunction(capacitorsymbolmustbe
displayed).
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3.
InserttheblackprobeleadintothenegativeCOMterminalandtheredprobeleadinto
thepositive terminal.
4.
Touchthetipsoftheprobeacrossthepartundertest.
5.
Readthecapacitancevalueonthedisplay.
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Note:Forverylargecapacitancevalues,severalsecondsmayberequiredforthemeasurement
tosettleandforthefinalreadingtostabilize.
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Figure5.6CapacitanceMeasurements
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