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Old 04-10-2013, 07:22 PM   #15
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If you're testing capacitors, getting an ESR and a multimeter with capacitance readout is strongly recommended.

Sometimes the capacitor may not be leaking, or looks fine but the electrolytes may have dried up inside and you wont know until you've measured it.
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