Picked up a used Fluke 116 at a pawn shop in Reno for $70, and the guy there said something about testing caps that stuck with me

Noah Knight · 2026-09-22T12:10:05.802167+00:00

The counter guy, an old HVAC tech, told me he never replaces a run cap without checking it under a load first, and sure enough the first one I tested that way with my new meter read 4 mfd on a 35 mfd cap even though it looked fine on a static check.

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Picked up a used Fluke 116 at a pawn shop in Reno for $70, and the guy there said something about testing caps that stuck with me | Appliance Repairers - Opinions Matter