[Hallicrafters] LCR meter recommendations?

[Charlie T]

I’d opt for an “auto-ranger” type rather than one where you have to select the range manually.

You can generally force an auto-ranger to change scales too. ( if you don’t like “Nano-Farads”…. Hey, caps are either µF or pF eh?)

 

You’ll especially like this feature if you’re poking around a boatanchor, where you could be measuring low minus bias voltages as well as B+.

 

73, Charlie k3ICH

 

 

 

 

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Google is your friend.

 

There's "hundreds" of multi-purpose and dedicated digital  LCR meters out

there in the $20 - $30 range or even less.

 

I don't particularly care about absolute accuracy, since I mainly just want

to see if an electrolytic has dried up.

 

Most of the cheap meters can be "zero'd" for very value capacitance

measurements that cancel out the lead capacitance.

No problem reading a few pF etc.

 

73, Charlie k3ICH

 

 

 

 

 

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Subject: [Hallicrafters] LCR meter recommendations?

 

Do any of you use one of those digital LCR meters? I'm thinking of putting

one on my Christmas list if there's a not very expensive one that can reach

small picofarad & microfarad values. Ones I'm looked at so far seem to quit

around 200pF and 100uH.

Thanks!

WayneWB4OGM

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