The dielectric used inside the capacitor to separate the conductive plates is not a perfect insulator resulting in a very small flowing or “leaking” through the dielectric due to the influence of the powerful electric field built up by the charge on the plates when applied to constant supply voltage. This small DC current is called capacitors leakage current. It is an important parameter in amplifier coupling circuits or power supply circuits. Higher leakage current don’t only affect the performance of working circuits but worse, also result in capacitor blown up by rapid rise of inner temperature. Chroma 11200 Capacitor Leakage Current/IR Meter can provide stable output voltage and measure leakage current accurately, suitable for quality evaluation on production line or bench-top applications.