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Boater Sam · 3rd Dec 2017, 3:12 pm

Lawrence is pointing out that the actual voltage on the prods of a meter from the internal battery are the opposite to the what the colour of the prods suggests, electrolytic caps show a larger leakage when the voltage is reversed.

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Boater Sam Banned Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Middlewich, Cheshire, UK. & Winter in the Philippines. Posts: 3,897	Re: Should an electrolytic capacitor have measurable resistance? Lawrence is pointing out that the actual voltage on the prods of a meter from the internal battery are the opposite to the what the colour of the prods suggests, electrolytic caps show a larger leakage when the voltage is reversed.