Gosh . . . after the gazillion notes and high-powered discussion, what I ended up doing seems absurdly anticlimatic. I tried Gene's idea as described below. Loosened the nut at the rear of the cap, b
Did you allow for the lead capacitance? What was the frequency of measurement vs what's the frequency specified in the datasheet? (is there some parasitic L or C that's throwing off the measurement)
The LC-102 has test lead short and test lead open calibrations, which I did. The Cardwell web site does not specify the test method they use to measure capacitance, so I'm in the dark from two perspe
As I mentioned in a previous post: Is the capacitor clean? Are any of the plates bent, or have nicks? Spray it with "Simple Green", let it set for a few minutes, and then run it through the dishwash
Barrie, I cleaned the capacitor with Simple Green followed by the dishwasher per your advice. Took the cap back my friend's shop today. The 1-2 microamps of leakage at 1KV before the cleaning process
Indeed, when it comes to high voltage, cleanliness is next to godliness, or, at least next to low leakage. 73, Barrie, W7ALW _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscompute