pkniffer Posted August 31, 2007 Report Posted August 31, 2007 Hi,I have very little electronics experience, but I am learning now.I am reading, and I will continue to, but I have a question to which I cannot find the answer anywhere -is the ceramic cap damaged if you bend the leads to closely to the ceramic? i cracked the legs (where the ceramic stops), and I am wondering if it will affect the funtionality. Is there a way to test if mine is ruined?the final result should be a MIDIbox SiD, if all goes well.I await your responses! I am ecstatic !pk, montreal
midiboxxer Posted August 31, 2007 Report Posted August 31, 2007 There are possibities to meassure it with a multimeter with a range for capacitor.You can also meassure the resistor of it to see if it has a short.But the best thing would be to buy a new one, they are very cheap and the risk of an later appearing proplem would be solved.
pay_c Posted August 31, 2007 Report Posted August 31, 2007 If you only cracked the ceramic part (a little piece came of or similar) - that´s no problem at all. As long as *the wire* is not damaged (!!!). Anyhow measuring the resistance of it is indeed a good idea, if it got no short (meaning a resistance higher than 100 kOhm) everything´s just fine. If it´s less that value I would abandon it also.
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