Re: Capacitance Meter

[frankr]

quote Chris_P:

Rather than me type something out, have a read here. F_R above would be the best to guide you, he pretty much wrote this.

http://www.pochefamily.org/outboard/Con … sting.html

Here is for coils/points.

http://www.pochefamily.org/outboard/Coils.htm

Hmmm, the first link certainly does look familiar. But I didn’t do the second one, although it is very well done. However, I believe there is a probably unintentional error in his points testing method. When testing for closed points continuity, use the lowest available range on your meter. The meter shown in the article has an available X1 scale….very good. But he is using the highest scale…not good. You are looking for a resistance of less than one Ohm with the points closed. El Cheapo meters usually don’t have a X1 scale, so they can’t tell the difference between one Ohm and say, 10 Ohms.

On the other hand, he is correct in using the high scale when testing for points’ shorting to ground. Should show infinity, which it does.