Product Manual

FLIRIM75USERGUIDEDocumentIdentifier:IM75‐en‐US_AA

5.10DiodeTest

Warning:Donotdodiode,resistanceorcontinuitytestsbeforeyouhaveremovedthepowerfrom

capacitorsandotherdevicesundertestduringameasurement.Injurytopersonscanoccur.

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1. Setthefunctionswitchtothe position.

2. InserttheblackprobeleadintotheCOMterminalandredprobeleadintotheVterminal.

3. UsetheMODEbuttontoselectthediodetestfunction.The indicatorwillbedisplayed.

4. InserttheblackprobeleadintotheCOM(negative)terminalandtheredprobeleadintothe

positiveterminal.

5. Touchthetipsoftheprobeacrossthediodeorsemiconductorjunctionundertest.Makea

noteofthevalueonthedisplay.

6. Reversethepolarityoftheprobes,byinterchangingtheprobetestlocat ions.

7. Touchthetipsoftheprobeacrossthediodeorsemiconductorjunctionundertest.Makea

noteofthenewvalueonthedisplay

5.11CapacitanceMeasurements

Warning:Donotdocapacitancetestsbeforeremovingthepowertothecapacitororotherdevices

undertestduringameasurement.Injurytopersonscanoccur.

1. Setthefunctionswitchtothe position.

2. UsetheMODEbuttontoselectthecapacitancemeasurement.TheF(Farad)unitwillbe

displayed.

3. InserttheblackprobeleadintotheCOM(negative)terminalandtheredprobeleadintothe

positiveterminal.

4. Touchthetipsoftheprobeacrossthepartundertest.

5. Readthecapacitancevalueonthedisplay.

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Note:Forverylargecapacitancevalues,itmaytakeseveralsecondsforthemeasurementto

settleandthefinalreadingtostabilize.

5.12ExtendedFunctionality

Avarietyofmodesareavailablethatprovideextendedfunctionalityasdetailedbelow.

5.12.1SelectingModes

Themodeiconsapplicablefortheselectedmeasurementtypearedisplayedinthelowerpart

ofthedisplay.Whenamodeisenabled,theiconisframed.

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Usetheleft/rightarrowbuttonstonavigatetothedesiredmodeicon.Thecurrentlyselected

iconwillflash.

1. PresstheTESTOKbuttontoenabletheselected(flashing)mode.

2. Usetheup/downarrowbuttonstostepthroughthemodeoptions(ifany).Referto

thesectionrelatedtothespecificmodefordetailedinstructions.

3. PresstheTESTOKbuttontodisabletheselected(flashing)mode.

Fig5‐1ModeIcons