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rotorwrench · 01-25-2014, 05:34 PM

Back in the day a person could find a capacitor tester pretty easy but not so much now days. The capacity has to be checked and it also has to be checked for leakage. Capacitors are rated in the farad but the little condenseres are in the milli farad range which is 1 thousandth of 1 farad. The flatheads used a condenser in the .21 to .25 mfd range.

It may be more practical to just buy several new ones and see which one works the best. If a person has a distributor machine like Bubba with an oscilloscope, they can be tested for function that way. I think Bubba has his own capacitor checker too but the average Joe doesn't.

01-25-2014, 05:34 PM	#10
rotorwrench Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 16,467	Re: 48 coupe- lets talk ignition condenser function Back in the day a person could find a capacitor tester pretty easy but not so much now days. The capacity has to be checked and it also has to be checked for leakage. Capacitors are rated in the farad but the little condenseres are in the milli farad range which is 1 thousandth of 1 farad. The flatheads used a condenser in the .21 to .25 mfd range. It may be more practical to just buy several new ones and see which one works the best. If a person has a distributor machine like Bubba with an oscilloscope, they can be tested for function that way. I think Bubba has his own capacitor checker too but the average Joe doesn't. Last edited by rotorwrench; 01-25-2014 at 05:39 PM.