How To Test A Start Capacitor With Ohm Meter. Note that the scale reads in the reverse. Test the Motor Capacitor.
To do this test We take the ohmmeter and place the probes across the leads of the capacitor. To get your readings right on an electrolytic capacitor connect the red probe to the positive terminal then the black to the negative terminal. For a non-polarized capacitor you can connect it either way.
Here the meter should start at zero and then move slowly towards infinity.
If the appliance the capacitor operates in plugs into a wall. Touch the multimeters probes on the capacitors terminals and watch the meters reading. If it does then the capacitor is in working condition if it doesnt and stays at zero the capacitor is broken. Its usually easy to remove a start or run capacitor you simply unhook it from its harness and disconnect the wires.
