pkniffer Posted August 31, 2007 Report Share 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midiboxxer Posted August 31, 2007 Report Share 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pay_c Posted August 31, 2007 Report Share 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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