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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Jerry atric Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 Sep 2018 at 21:18
Most tenuous link yet well done you get a gold star.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote iansoady Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 Sep 2018 at 10:31
Getting (slightly) back on track:

I bought one of these a year or so ago as I thought it may work for magneto timing (it doesn't as it reacts too slowly). But it does have a capacitor test function which I haven't tried yet.....


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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Brian UK Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 Sep 2018 at 17:06
Digital testers do tend to react slowly, especially the cheaper ones.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Jerry atric Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 Sep 2018 at 21:32
Do you think it would work testing capacitors and would a numpty be able to work it? (serious question)
For timing mags, the magneto guys sell a gadget with a light that comes on when the points open. It's great, no more fag papers
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote iansoady Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 20 Sep 2018 at 10:12
I will try it with a capacitor if I remember it when I'm in the garage (fat chance when I usually forget why I went in there in the first place).

Yes, I know about the commercial ones but I'm too much of a cheapskate to buy one. Rather than fag papers I use kitchen foil which is generally .001" thick and doesn't rip in half when you tug it....
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote iansoady Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 20 Sep 2018 at 12:22
As it's raining I popped into the garage to try it out with an old capacitor I had lying about (no idea where it came from). Results:


Close up of display. I suspect the resistance value is due to sloppy ad hoc connections.


And this is a power resistor I found:


A useful little tool for the price. The capacitor showed the same value whichever way I connected it.
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A foil capacitor would measure the same both ways.

Quite a neat little tool for almost no money.
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Yes, that's what I thought (both times).....
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