[R-390] cheap HV p/s

Thu, 29 Aug 2002 14:45:33 -0400

Hi Ron!

I read your note with interest, as I own one of those old Heathkit capacitor
bridges. It's great for ascertaining values, (although I increasingly find
myself using a digital handheld for that purpose these days).

Can you kindly tell me how to use the "magic eye" on the Heathkit for
testing breakdown and leakage?  Might you have the original Heath
instructions?

Thanks in advance.

Vy 73, AI2Q, Alex in Maine   .-.-.

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Subject: [R-390] cheap HV p/s

I have used the HV p/s and VTVM method since Dr. Jerry told me about it. It
works perfectly. An excellent HV p/s is the one in the old Heathkit cap
checkers. They can be had for almost nothing.....

Unless you check a cap at rated DC voltage, it means little. All the bypass
(and some of the coupling) caps in my 75A-4 checked perfectly on my NIST
calibrated cap tester, (checks value only). They were all nfg at voltage.
Yes, it does make a difference! The A-4 really sounds perfect now.

ron
N4UE
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