I use a BK Precision 879B and can only say good things about it, saved me
numerous times (and also exonerated components I thought were faulty).
http://www.bkprecision.com/products/component-testers/879B-4-count-dual-display-handheld-lcr-meter-with-esr.html
Looks like the Der EE is an even be
On Sat, 23 Jan 2016, Mattis Lind wrote:
2016-01-23 13:54 GMT+01:00 Noel Chiappa :
If you do a lot of work with analog components (and it sounds like you
do), it's probably worth getting capacitance and ESR meters, they can
be obtained (new) on eBay for not that much. I have one of each that I
On 1/23/2016 9:22 AM, Mattis Lind wrote:
Yes. agree with you.I really should get oneWhat meter do you have and
recommend?
I use the BLUE ESR Meter of AnaTek Corp
(designed by Bob Parker). I've been
using it for several years and really
like it.
- J.
> From: Mattis Lind
> What meter do you have and recommend?
My capacitance meter is a Uyigao UA6013L, and I'm quite happy with it; it
seems pretty reasonable build-quality. A number of people on eBay are selling
them, IIRC.
My ESR meter is, alas, literall nameless - I looked on both the
2016-01-23 13:54 GMT+01:00 Noel Chiappa :
> > From: Mattis Lind
>
> > I don't have an capacitance / ESR meter so I cannot check it.
>
> If you do a lot of work with analog components (and it sounds like you do),
> it's probably worth getting capacitance and ESR meters, they can be
> obtain
On Wed, 30 Sep 2015, John Robertson wrote:
On 09/30/2015 5:22 PM, Tothwolf wrote:
I bought a kit from anatekcorp.com last year to replace my Dick Smith
version that spouted legs and was rather disappointed with how it had
been kitted up. A lot of the components were very low quality or did
no
On 09/30/2015 5:22 PM, Tothwolf wrote:
On Wed, 30 Sep 2015, John Robertson wrote:
On 09/29/2015 2:59 PM, Jay West wrote:
This is the one I have used for years.
http://clientes.netvisao.pt/greenpal/evb1.htm
About $88 USD
That is an authorized Bob Parker variation of his original Dick Sm
w.youtube.com/watch?v=lqD6xVI6qNs
Marc
==
From: Ken Seefried
Subject: ESR Meter Recommendations
I'm going to be working on my 11/730s power supply, so I'm in the
market for an ESR meter. I've seen some (older) recommendations for
the AnaTek 'Blue' an
On Wed, 30 Sep 2015, Jay West wrote:
Question - I could be mistaken, but I think someone mentioned that these
were not good for testing caps that had a higher operating voltage. Is
that correct? My understanding was that the testing method used by this
ESR meter was valid for most all the larg
On Wed, 30 Sep 2015, John Robertson wrote:
On 09/29/2015 2:59 PM, Jay West wrote:
This is the one I have used for years.
http://clientes.netvisao.pt/greenpal/evb1.htm
About $88 USD
That is an authorized Bob Parker variation of his original Dick Smith
ESR meter kit. On this side of the
Good primer paper from Sencore (manufacturer of instruments, not
capacitors..) on the nature, causes and effects of ESR:
http://patriotgaming.com/manuals/gaming_monitors/sencore_instruments/LC103/TT104-4416.pdf
On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 5:50 PM, drlegendre . wrote:
> "How are
> folks testing the
"How are
folks testing the very large electrolytics in the 25,000, 80,000 or even
100,000 uF range that are encountered in the power supplies of some of
these old machines?"
The method I use is pretty close to what you mention, though I lack an
electronic load. Here are some thoughts...
For measu
I can put in another vote of confidence for this one. I have one from Portugal
(because I didn’t know about the this-side-of-the-pond source) and it works as
advertised.
- Mark
On Sep 30, 2015, at 12:54 PM, John Robertson wrote:
> On 09/30/2015 7:14 AM,
On 09/30/2015 7:14 AM, Jay West wrote:
John wrote
That is an authorized Bob Parker variation of his original Dick Smith ESR meter
kit. On this side of the pond they were made by Anatek until the owner was
killed in an accident, then the series (now called the Blue ESR) is made by
Allt
On 09/30/2015 7:14 AM, Jay West wrote:
John wrote
That is an authorized Bob Parker variation of his original Dick Smith ESR meter
kit. On this side of the pond they were made by Anatek until the owner was
killed in an accident, then the series (now called the Blue ESR) is made by
Allt
On Wednesday (09/30/2015 at 10:54AM -0700), John Robertson wrote:
>
> As for testing large capacitors, about the highest value that gives useful
> readings is around 10,000ufd. Larger than that and the ESR is too close to
> zero ohms unless the cap is really bad...
And that seems to be the usual
On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 12:31 PM, ben wrote:
> On 9/30/2015 12:24 PM, W2HX wrote:
>
>> Essentially these are two different measurements meant to measure a
>> different property of the capacitor. Capacitors have many properties,
>> many we know such as capacitance, working voltage, temp coefficien
On 9/30/2015 12:24 PM, W2HX wrote:
Essentially these are two different measurements meant to measure a
different property of the capacitor. Capacitors have many properties,
many we know such as capacitance, working voltage, temp coefficient,
etc. Add to that list both leakage current (parallel re
Cc: j...@mercury.lcs.mit.edu
Subject: Re: ESR Meter Recommendations
From: Eugene (W2HX)
> to model this using ideal components, we show a resistor in parallel to
> the capacitor ... This modeled parallel resistor represents the leakage
> current.
> ...
> because it is not
On 09/29/2015 2:59 PM, Jay West wrote:
This is the one I have used for years.
http://clientes.netvisao.pt/greenpal/evb1.htm
About $88 USD
J
That is an authorized Bob Parker variation of his original Dick Smith
ESR meter kit. On this side of the pond they were made by Anatek until
the
John wrote
That is an authorized Bob Parker variation of his original Dick Smith ESR meter
kit. On this side of the pond they were made by Anatek until the owner was
killed in an accident, then the series (now called the Blue ESR) is made by
Alltronics and sold by dealers such as I. The
>> to model this using ideal components, [...]
> So I'm slightly confused; you talk about the model being a parallel
> resistor (which I get), but then switch to a series resistor. Why
> the switch?
The two resistors model two different ways in which a capacitor is not
ideal. The parallel resist
From: Eugene (W2HX)
> to model this using ideal components, we show a resistor in parallel to
> the capacitor ... This modeled parallel resistor represents the leakage
> current.
> ...
> because it is not ideal, some power is dissipated. This dissipated
> power is repre
[mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of W2HX
Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 8:10 AM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: RE: ESR Meter Recommendations
It seems you may be using two terms interchangeably that have different
meanings. Leakage is parallel
Holm Tiffe wrote:
> Ken Seefried wrote:
>
> > I'm going to be working on my 11/730s power supply, so I'm in the
> > market for an ESR meter. I've seen some (older) recommendations for
> > the AnaTek 'Blue' and various 'Dick Smith' derivatives. However, eBay
> > is flooded with knockoff Mega328
Ken Seefried wrote:
> I'm going to be working on my 11/730s power supply, so I'm in the
> market for an ESR meter. I've seen some (older) recommendations for
> the AnaTek 'Blue' and various 'Dick Smith' derivatives. However, eBay
> is flooded with knockoff Mega328 based ESR/Transistor/SCR/etc. t
-
From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of drlegendre .
Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 12:11 AM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: ESR Meter Recommendations
Ken,
I have two of the Atmega328 uC based 'swissknife' testers you men
From: Ken Seefried
> Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 5:24 PM
> To: cctalk@classiccmp.org
> Subject: ESR Meter Recommendations
>
> I'm going to be working on my 11/730s power supply, so I'm in the
> market for an ESR meter. I've seen some (older) recommendatio
Never used one on a power supply but for motherboard capacitors and misc
parts they work fine. For the price they are worth having around.
-Original Message-
From: Ken Seefried
Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 5:24 PM
To: cctalk@classiccmp.org
Subject: ESR Meter Recommendations
I&#
This is the one I have used for years.
http://clientes.netvisao.pt/greenpal/evb1.htm
About $88 USD
J
> -Original Message-
> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Ken
> Seefried
> Sent: 29 September 2015 22:24
> To: cctalk@classiccmp.org
> Subject: ESR Meter Recommendations
>
> I'm going to be working on my 11/730s power supply, so I
Ken,
I don't have personal experience with those but I can tell you those would only
be good for the smaller electrolytics and not the big ones in the power supply.
For those you will want an older capacitor tester made for big caps,
Hallacrafters, Heathkit and Solar made ones that would go up t
I'm going to be working on my 11/730s power supply, so I'm in the
market for an ESR meter. I've seen some (older) recommendations for
the AnaTek 'Blue' and various 'Dick Smith' derivatives. However, eBay
is flooded with knockoff Mega328 based ESR/Transistor/SCR/etc. testers
all looking like:
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