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| Which tool for testing big capacitors:Atlas ESR70, DE 5000, Sencore lc53 Z-meter |
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| BigFarma:
Hello everyone! Im looking to buy a piece of equipment to reliably test almost any capacitor I come across. I currently only have the ability to test capacitance. The final showdown seems to be between the Atlas ESR70, the DE 5000, and the Sencore lc53 Z-meter. I am open to any other suggestions as well. Ive also heard that the Atlas Peak can test capacitors? If so i suppose that is in the running also. Any insight is greatly appreciated, buy once cry once ;) |
| TimFox:
How large capacitors do you need to measure? (off-the shelf capacitors have a "dynamic range" of maybe 1015 : 1) |
| Jeff eelcr:
I have and like the Sencore unit, It will do 100,000Uf and never had it be wrong. The other units I have not used. Jeff |
| Arts:
I have the DE 5000 and like it a lot, especially the size. It can't be beat for field work. Very accurate, and has lots of features. I also have the LC53, and this is my primary bench meter. The main advantage over the others is that it will measure leakage using proper (ajustable) voltage levels for the cap you are testing. It will also measure very large (100K µFd?) values of capacitance . Mind, it takes up a fair amount of real-estate on the bench and pricing is usually ridiculous. Also, make sure that it has the proper test lead. Mine went stupid a while back and I had to replace all of the electrolytics in the power supply. No biggie, and to be expected with a unit of that age. Love the display, those 0.5" LEDs are huge and bright :) |
| BigFarma:
Nothing crazy in size, not even microwave sized but I guess Im trying to future-proof. The largest caps I have currently that need testing are 200v 680uf |
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