[AMRadio] Capacitance meter / tester

[Alan Victor]

I use a HV power supply with primary on a VARIAC and place series current
meter to the cap under test. Then measure the leakage current as HV is
applied to the cap.
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 6:04 PM, Ronnie Hull <ronnie.hull at glowbugs.com>wrote:

> Rick there are any number of good capacitance checkers out there. I ordered
> a cheapie from ebay, came from china, less than $20 and it works really
> really well for checking capcitance.
> However, if you want to stress test a cap your gonna have to pay big bucks
> for something along the lines of an old Sprague TO-6 or something like
> that.
> I let mine go a number of years ago and have regretted it since.
>
> good luck on your search
>
> Ronnie - W5SUM
>
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