>Bit of a problem here, in that in a very short time if the cap is in
the
>wrong way
>around you could have some rather spectacular self destruction of
the cap
>occurring.
>Good to see you disclaimer at the end of the message:-}


Yes.
I use this mainly as an assembly check  - not as a way of checking
unknown caps (usually anyway :-)).
If one IS backwards I remove and discard it and use a new one as
there is too much risk that it has been damaged and is walking
wounded.

RM