[Boatanchors] Capacitance meter / tester

[Al Parker]

What Pete said is good advice.
	If you're more concerned with electrolytics, and checking when 
installed, an ESR meter is indispensable, IMHO.  It'll let you know 
while things are connected, but it won't check caps under about 1mfd or 
so, and not .01 bypasses, etc.  Those will have to have one lead loose, 
and use what Pete recommended.
	There are a source or 2 (google) for kit ESR's in the $50 range.  Easy 
to assemble, and good for any low resistance (milli-ohms) measurements, 
e.g. if you have several electrolytics at different places along a line, 
you can tell which one is bad.
73,

Al, W8UT
www.boatanchors.org
www.hammarlund.info

"There is nothing -- absolutely nothing -- half so much
worth doing as simply messing about in boats"
Ratty, to Mole

On 12/7/2011 5:48 PM, Rick Poole wrote:
>
> What's the current consensus for a really good capacitance tester /
> meter, for testing capacitors in these old boat anchors?
>
> Thanks...
>
> Rick WA1RKT
>