Saw your "cheapo" meter and the above post still applies, touch the leads to the cap and to each other momentarily and watch the meter go from 0 ohms to infinity.
Tried the test... nothing. Needle didn't move. Touched the leads together and the needle jumped... tried swapping the leads on the poles... same thing. Zilch. Zero needle movement, not even at X100... not even a twitch.
I gotta say though... wouldn't a toasted capacitor prevent an item from 'starting up'? I know the older TV's had MASSIVE ones inside that allowed them to start when you clicked em on.
I would guess that if it was something else, the fans would come on, the 'in use' light would light up but there wouldn't be power at the outlets or whatever. If there is a blown cap, it would make sense that NO power is going to work, at all.
That's just my completely uneducated guess... but with my goat-logic, it makes sense to me! LOL
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