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Offline hymodyne

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ohm test for plug caps
« on: June 25, 2005, 10:27:54 PM »
I know plug caps go bad with time, but how does one test them? what resistance?

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Re: ohm test for plug caps
« Reply #1 on: June 25, 2005, 11:39:50 PM »
put the red prob in one end, put the black prob in the other... should read abot 5kohm's
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Re: ohm test for plug caps
« Reply #2 on: June 26, 2005, 11:23:08 AM »
5,000 ohms plus or minus 20% at room temperature. They are $3.25 each for replacement caps. Unscrew the cap from the wire & stick a ohms meter probe lead in each end of the cap.

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