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   Cursitor Doom to John Larkin   
   Re: Capacitor Tester   
   04 Jun 18 19:37:01   
   
   From: curd@notformail.com   
      
   On Sun, 03 Jun 2018 16:29:02 -0700, John Larkin wrote:   
      
   > It's a nuisance to desolder caps to test them, especially surface-mount   
   > parts. It's easier to scope the circuit and look for symptoms of a bad   
   > part.   
      
   For you perhaps, but not, I suspect, the OP. Anyway, that Peak meter I   
   linked to is able to carry out in-circuit measurements, so except in   
   certain circumstances, it's not necessary to lift a lead.   
      
      
      
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