Reply To: Condenser Capacitance

[Buccaneer]

Thanks for confirming my “guess” that the mfd readings on a deteriorating condenser goes
“up” in reading. For fun one of these days, I’ll dig out the Stevens tester and do a leakage
test on those four condensers. Not sure how good that function works on my Stevens,
but it’s time to play around with it. I always change out the condensers on all my old
motors, so I never really bothered with that test.

I always wondered how the outboard builder’s figured out “what capacitance” condenser
to match up with the coils they used, pre – oscilloscopes……. assuming they didn’t
have said scopes at the beginning.
Update……… just looked up “Oscilloscopes”, and it was invented by a French guy
back in 1893……. but was an ink charting affair, not the current type with a monitor!

Prepare to be boarded!