Re: [BlindHandyMan] small engin condenser
rob, Don't know what the capacitance or voltage ratings of those caps might be, the popular talking voltmeter has capacitance ranges that may help. Good continuity testers, not the beep-nobeep kind in meters, but the kind that make a tone whose pitch changes with resistance, can test a cap with capacitance values larger than a microfarad or so as the pitch of the tester will change as the cap charges. If the pitch approaches the open circuit state, usually quiet, and finally goes silent, the cap is taking a charge and probably not leaky. If the cap is rated above a few microfarads and with a voltage rating over 12 volts or so, put it across a 9 volt battery, wait a few seconds for it to charge, remove the battery and touch the cap's leads together. You should get a spark of some kind indicating the thing took a charge. Tom Fowle
Re: [BlindHandyMan] small engin condenser
I don't know of any way. With Briggs engines the chances of getting a bad one are very slim though. I think there used to be a tester for that but you could buy a thousand condensers for the price of the tester. - Original Message - From: Rob Monitor To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 6:56 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] small engin condenser HI, I'm wondering if any one knows is there any way of testing a small engine condenser? Well I found some in a box in my garage and I need one for a old Brigs engine I'm working on and just was wondering is there away of testing them before putting one in the engine and trying it?? Would save a lot of work if I know if they are good before putting one in and then have to take it out again... Just to let you know I'm about 30 miles away from any place that I could get one... THANKS ROB FROM MINNESOTA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [BlindHandyMan] small engin condenser
I don't know much about engine capacitors but I do know that the talking multimeter has a capacitance function which I have never used. - Original Message - From: Rob Monitor To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 6:56 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] small engin condenser HI, I'm wondering if any one knows is there any way of testing a small engine condenser? Well I found some in a box in my garage and I need one for a old Brigs engine I'm working on and just was wondering is there away of testing them before putting one in the engine and trying it?? Would save a lot of work if I know if they are good before putting one in and then have to take it out again... Just to let you know I'm about 30 miles away from any place that I could get one... THANKS ROB FROM MINNESOTA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[BlindHandyMan] small engin condenser
HI, I'm wondering if any one knows is there any way of testing a small engine condenser? Well I found some in a box in my garage and I need one for a old Brigs engine I'm working on and just was wondering is there away of testing them before putting one in the engine and trying it?? Would save a lot of work if I know if they are good before putting one in and then have to take it out again... Just to let you know I'm about 30 miles away from any place that I could get one... THANKS ROB FROM MINNESOTA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
