Reply To: Testing Coil on Elto Ace 4351-00687

[JOSEPH BRINCAT]

Capacitor tester … Somebody check me on this, but I believe that the tester crosbyman  attached the diagram for will indicate a good cap when the lamp DOES light. In fact, I have a tester that I believe is made as in the diagram and not only does the lamp light with a good cap, but it blinks at a frequency that is related to the rated capacitance of the capacitor. A smaller rated cap gives a faster blink rate, larger a slower rate. So that one can get a rough idea of the capacitance of a given cap by comparing the blink frequency to that of a known cap.

Joe B