I should be more clear:
I put a volt meter on the pos and neg poles of the capacitor and this usually drains the voltage.
I'll just add to the good suggestions above that with some types of capacitors it may be a good idea, after the capacitor appears to have been discharged, to remove the voltmeter or other means of discharge, wait a while, and then reapply it for some amount of time. The voltage on some capacitors that appear to have been fully discharged can subsequently "bounce back," to a small fraction of the original voltage but one that nevertheless may be significant, as a consequence of dielectric absorption. Best regards, -- Al |