Is B&k 880 really the way to go for accurate portable LCR meter?

[vintologi]

I heard that there were some issues with it (no li-ion battery and doesn't turn off for real).



feels wrong to pay so much money for a flawed product.

There is of course the cheaper DE-5000 but it doesn't seem to offer the accuracy i am looking for and i not sure if there is any good place to buy it to Sweden.

[coromonadalix]

what are you after for precision / accuracy  tests ??   

you do know portables ones will never get the same precision as the bench ones ?  dc-biais  etc ...

De-5000 is based on 2x chipsets ic's
some uni-t too
some mastech too

[vintologi]

what are you after for precision / accuracy  tests ??   

Should be within 0.5%
1Ω to 100Ω, 0.1 mH to 100 mH, 1μF to 1000μF)

you do know portables ones will never get the same precision as the bench ones ?  dc-biais  etc ...

I might end up having to get both eventually. Not sure what i should go for first.

[Conrad Hoffman]

Man with two LCR meters never know exact value of components.
1615- Hoffman

[KungFuJosh]

Man with two LCR meters never know exact value of components.
1615- Hoffman

Unless they agree. 😉

The Shannon ST42 LCR tweezers are excellent.

[vintologi]

One issue with the DE-5000 is that it doesn't come with a 4-wire kelvin clip.

I have seen some people talk about modding it to make an adapter but i have not found anything you can buy finished yet.

[coromonadalix]

De -5000 adapter can be modded to 4 wires

i don't think the 880  was flawed,  but maybe un-calibrated ... 

I'm not even sure theses come from B&K  ...  must be rebrands,  even their  old 885 886   and bench ones too where rebrands

but now  you have East Tester  ET xxx series, Hantek 1832 1833 ones, some Appa, Peaktech,  the new Uni-t models  etc ...  google  handheld lcr   and in the images  youll see ton of thems  rebranded etc ...

even some NJ200 NJ300  models sold on ebay seems to offer good performances vs pricing

0.5%  is pretty basic ...

[vintologi]

De -5000 adapter can be modded to 4 wires

You shouldn't have to do that in the first place really.

Does not seem like it would be accurate enough for my taste even with that though.

0.5%  is pretty basic ...

Yea i should be able to get that even with a handheld.

[TimFox]

De -5000 adapter can be modded to 4 wires

You shouldn't have to do that in the first place really.

Does not seem like it would be accurate enough for my taste even with that though.

0.5%  is pretty basic ...

Yea i should be able to get that even with a handheld.

For special purposes, I have built four-terminal connections for my DE-5000.
Note that the stock alligator-clip short cable is four-terminal up to the solder joint on the clips.

[vintologi]

I should also look into the east tester ET433 and ET431