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Upgrade from a DER DE-5000 LCR meter

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TheDefpom:
I did a Kelvin lead mod to my unit many years ago, I did a video about it at the time but you will have to excuse the video quality, it was very early on in my YouTube journey...


Giallograle:
Looks like a good opportunity to get a discounted TH2830 whilst the replacement 2840 is coming in.

I'm very tempted by the shiny new Tonghui, good display and a nice set of leads, but will it be any better in practice than the HP 4263A? Talk me into it, or talk me out of it... ;)

KungFuJosh:

--- Quote from: Giallograle on October 17, 2024, 12:05:54 pm ---Looks like a good opportunity to get a discounted TH2830 whilst the replacement 2840 is coming in.

I'm very tempted by the shiny new Tonghui, good display and a nice set of leads, but will it be any better in practice than the HP 4263A? Talk me into it, or talk me out of it... ;)

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The display alone is worth it. Also better general accuracy, more frequencies to choose from, etc.

ETA: ...and the ability to improve it to 200kHz. 😉

Martin72:

--- Quote from: KungFuJosh on October 17, 2024, 04:11:23 pm ---The display alone is worth it. Also better general accuracy, more frequencies to choose from, etc.

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The same applies to the ET35 series from East Tester, except that you pay significantly less for an original 200khz test frequency, for example.
The display is “huge” at 7” and the basic accuracy is the same.
If you can accept that some parts of the software are messed up, it's a serious alternative to the TH28XX and no comparison to the DE5000 at all.

mawyatt:

--- Quote from: TheDefpom on October 16, 2024, 09:13:10 pm ---I did a Kelvin lead mod to my unit many years ago, I did a video about it at the time but you will have to excuse the video quality, it was very early on in my YouTube journey...




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Scott,

We did the same Kelvin Cable Mod a few years ago as well and found the supplied short Alligator Clips worked just as well. We found this adaptation worthwhile (shown below), as it allows the DER-5000 to utilize all the various fixtures intended for LCR meters including fixtures for the difficult to measure SMD components.

Here's a couple examples of a 1Ω 0.1% 2512 Resistor and a 1.0104pF C0G 0805 Capacitor using a Custom Split-Kelvin SMD LCR Meter Fixture and cheap Standard SMD Fixture.

Anyway, no fudging or manipulating numbers/display, why we think highly of the handheld DER-5000 LCR Meter.

Best

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