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| VladKEasternTiger:
Hi everyone, I just way to say once again thanks to all the members, this is a great forum for beginners like me. Okay here is my small problem I am wanting to know if they is a cheap quality capacator meter/tester that I can test capacators with? I was told to invest in an ESR Meter but this is expensive, I live in the UK. I have been told even if caps look good without swelling or the dome they can still be bad, so I wasted my time and money replacing good caps for nothing, now if I had a decent tester I could simply test them whilst they are soldiered on to the circuit board. I was looking at this one on Ebay will this fit my purpose? I already have a Multimeter http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/DIGITAL-RCD-CAPACITANCE-METER-TEST-MUITIMETER-LCD-0.1PF_W0QQitemZ110459163589QQcmdZViewItem?rvr_id=&rvr_id=&cguid=807d28a31270a0aad4274f97ff701923 Tell me please guys if this is something that I require, if so id purchase this? Thanks everyone :) |
| Simon:
Well to be honest that machine and it's poorly written english description does not convince me, a cap meter is nice to have and many multimeters have one anyhow (with autoranging) but I'd not go out of your way to buy one unless you need it and I don't like the look or sound of that one but that's just my opinion |
| Kiriakos-GR:
Looks ok , for my taste .. the price are low , if you live in England , you can send it back , if you do not like it. (cheap shipping ) ;D In General , looks to have wide range , back light :D , its well designed for an economical solution. So yes ... go for it . Even an ultra expensive Fluke , can do only 9999 ?F |
| armandas:
This el-cheapo capacitance meter won't do the job for you, if you need to test the caps for ESR. If you do test a lot of capacitors and need an ESR meter, you'll have to fork out more than £15. Here is one from farnell: http://uk.farnell.com/peak/esr60/tester-capacitor-esr/dp/7830254 |
| Simon:
this: http://uk.farnell.com/peak/lcr-40/tester-component-lcr/dp/4705233?crosssellid=4705233&crosssell=true&in_merch=true& looks like a nice RLC meter if thats what your after |
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