From: pallison49@gmail.com   
      
    Cursitor Doom wrote:   
      
   >   
   >   
   > 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.   
   >   
   >   
      
   ** The Peak meter is not generally able to measure capacitance while the part   
   is still in circuit - the instructions leaflet says exactly that.   
      
   See final sentence under "Great Service Aid" .   
      
   However, it CAN test the ESR of electro caps while in-circuit with rare   
   exceptions and that is the reading you need when hunting for bad or almost   
   worn out ones.   
      
      
   ....   Phil   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)