Techniques for testing PLP capacitors

A solid state drive (SSD) comprising:

• a memory controller;
• one or more non-volatile memory devices communicatively coupled to the memory controller;
• a volatile memory device communicatively coupled to the memory controller;
• and
• a power loss protection (PLP) capacitor electrically coupled to the memory controller, the one or more non-volatile memory devices, and the volatile memory device, and configured to supply a first voltage to the memory controller, the one or more non-volatile memory devices, and the volatile memory device in the event of a power loss or failure of the SSD, wherein
• the PLP capacitor is further configured to be increased from the first voltage to a second voltage prior to performing a test of an amount of energy stored by the PLP capacitor, the increase in voltage to the second voltage offsetting at least a part of an energy lost by the PLP capacitor during testing of the PLP capacitor.