{"id":11712,"date":"2024-11-06T18:11:24","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T12:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/?p=11712"},"modified":"2024-11-06T18:11:26","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T12:41:26","slug":"simple-way-of-checking-a-capacitor-with-a-multimeter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/simple-way-of-checking-a-capacitor-with-a-multimeter\/","title":{"rendered":"Simple Way of Checking a Capacitor With a Multimeter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3zwuKnSBVOk?si=E8Og0SmO8LyTXdT4\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n In the days of analog multimeter, the needle would flick once as the capacitor was being charged and then come back to zero. 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