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Old 05-22-2012, 06:35 PM
bob91343 bob91343 is offline
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Not really. You can put it on Ohms and see if the needle kicks momentarily, then measure the 1.5 Volts that may still be on the capacitor but none of this really tests much of anything.

The tests for electrolytic capacitors are capacitance, leakage, and ESR. You need more than a VOM for that.
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