ESR and V tester

[alan monro]

Good day.
Any body know of a good cheap ESR meter and electrolytic voltage tester combined (bench type).
I found one on the net ,but, forget its location . It was about 130 $.
Any info would be appreciated as I am finding more and more electrical stuff are faulting mainly due to the low quality electrolyte's in them .
Unless i am wrong , I have noticed the capacity is usually lower that what is written on them.,........................Thanks,..Alan

[Kiriakos GR]

Re: ESR and V tester

The factories who were manufacturing such gear they are all dead.
How about discovering the tools of 2013 ?

[alan monro]

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Kiriakos GR I just refound the outlet that sells cheap adjustable voltage electrolytic testers that i was looking for ,
How about you discovering the tools of 2013 ? before stating that the manufactures are all dead. Thank you for your helpful reply....................Alan

[1supertech]

Re: ESR and V tester

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Peak-Atlas-E...-/111210889452

[Kiriakos GR]

Re: ESR and V tester

Kiriakos GR I just refound the outlet that sells cheap adjustable voltage electrolytic testers that i was looking for ,
How about you discovering the tools of 2013 ? before stating that the manufactures are all dead. Thank you for your helpful reply....................Alan

You just mentioned the magic word that every professional hates.
Therefore stay in your world, and me I will do the same.

[selldoor]

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Actually he did not JUST mention that word, it was in his initial request so
yes, you should have just stayed out of it.

[Kiriakos GR]

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My thought was that he is planing to to get a used old meter from the few oldies who have some good record.
If some one is ready to spent 130$ for a some sort of gismo, he is more close to get a proper LCR.

[alan monro]

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Kiriakos GR .
What in the world made you think like that???
I worked for 60 years as a technician and electronics is still my hobby now I am retired
I am having a friendly chat in a friendly forum .
I appreciate and no doubt the forum appreciates civil replies to members inquiries .
Anyway, any one can have a bad day ,so ,
no offense taken , all the best GR ...........Alan

[Kiriakos GR]

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Alan if you afraid that much to be offended, then step out from the internet.
Who is civil or who has a bad day is not your business.
And if you feel by any way that you are talking to someone equal to you, I will say that mate you have the WRONG impression.

The forum is few Mb of data floating in a server, and the people are persons from at list 187 countries with different point of view of what is civil.
Enjoy your staying .

[alan monro]

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http://www.ebay.com/itm/Peak-Atlas-E...-/111210889452

Thank you, I Supertech
I looked up the Peak Atlas and that is exactly what i was looking for .All i have to find now is a reasonable leakage meter.

[alan monro]

Re: ESR and V tester

Alan if you afraid that much to be offended, then step out from the internet.
Who is civil or who has a bad day is not your business.
And if you feel by any way that you are talking to someone equal to you, I will say that mate you have the WRONG impression.

The forum is few Mb of data floating in a server, and the people are persons from at list 187 countries with different point of view of what is civil.
Enjoy your staying .

GR Bad loser I am not a "Mate" of yours and never will be as I am very fussy . End of discussion with you as you are looking for a fight and I respect this forum and every one on it . Please do the same !!!...........

[mariushm]

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Alan, please ignore Kiriakos, he has a tendency to scoff at anything that may seem cheap, and can't recommend something without making some remarks.

Atlas ESR Meter is an OK tool, but it's a bit expensive for what it does.

Just like Blue ESR (that's also available at around $99 here or on Amazon/eBay) or esr Micro (which you can read more about here ), these tools give you an approximation of the actual ESR of a capacitor which is good enough to test a capacitor.

I own esr Micro and it's perfectly fine for repairing stuff. If you want just a basic esr meter (which can also measure capacitance) I would have no problems recommending it to you.
I would however recommend contacting RusMike here on this forum, he makes and sells this tool so you'd get the best price talking to him directly.
Here's his user profile : https://www.badcaps.net/forum/member.php?u=12802
Click on contact info and send a private message and be patient, it may take a couple of days for him to check his mail and reply.

If you want something more professional and more accurate, you would have to go with a proper LCR meter.
One of the cheapest would be Uni-T UT-611 at about 100$ but it's limited to 10 kHz measurement (still good enough for testing capacitors)
If you want 100kHz, there's Uni-T UT612 at about 170$ : http://www.ebay.com/itm/Handheld-LCR...item258204378e - there's a thorough review here on eevblog : http://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgea...612-lcr-meter/

Another good LCR meter would be the Mastech MS5308 for which you can actually see a good review here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ewbA35-Gts
The Tonghui th2822a meter reviewed here seems good, but seems expensive for 10kHz max: http://kuzyatech.com/tonghui-th2822a-lcr-meter


Other LCR meters that I've heard about or seen people discussing about them would be the following below. I can't say "go ahead and buy them" because I didn't see thorough reviews for these:

1. 10 kHz max : http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-High-Qua...item4176b13360

2. http://www.ebay.com/itm/AT826-LCR-Me...item2c757cc81a

Check eevblog.com and see the threads discussing lcr meters or search for the names of the lcr meters above if you're interested in reading more about them.

[alan monro]

Re: ESR and V tester

Alan, please ignore Kiriakos, he has a tendency to scoff at anything that may seem cheap, and can't recommend something without making some remarks.

Atlas ESR Meter is an OK tool, but it's a bit expensive for what it does.

Just like Blue ESR (that's also available at around $99 here or on Amazon/eBay) or esr Micro (which you can read more about here ), these tools give you an approximation of the actual ESR of a capacitor which is good enough to test a capacitor.

I own esr Micro and it's perfectly fine for repairing stuff. If you want just a basic esr meter (which can also measure capacitance) I would have no problems recommending it to you.
I would however recommend contacting RusMike here on this forum, he makes and sells this tool so you'd get the best price talking to him directly.
Here's his user profile : https://www.badcaps.net/forum/member.php?u=12802
Click on contact info and send a private message and be patient, it may take a couple of days for him to check his mail and reply.

If you want something more professional and more accurate, you would have to go with a proper LCR meter.
One of the cheapest would be Uni-T UT-611 at about 100$ but it's limited to 10 kHz measurement (still good enough for testing capacitors)
If you want 100kHz, there's Uni-T UT612 at about 170$ : http://www.ebay.com/itm/Handheld-LCR...item258204378e - there's a thorough review here on eevblog : http://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgea...612-lcr-meter/

Another good LCR meter would be the Mastech MS5308 for which you can actually see a good review here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ewbA35-Gts
The Tonghui th2822a meter reviewed here seems good, but seems expensive for 10kHz max: http://kuzyatech.com/tonghui-th2822a-lcr-meter


Other LCR meters that I've heard about or seen people discussing about them would be the following below. I can't say "go ahead and buy them" because I didn't see thorough reviews for these:

1. 10 kHz max : http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-High-Qua...item4176b13360

2. http://www.ebay.com/itm/AT826-LCR-Me...item2c757cc81a

Check eevblog.com and see the threads discussing lcr meters or search for the names of the lcr meters above if you're interested in reading more about them.

Thanks Mariushm for all the trouble you have gone to ,
What really got my attention is the Mastech MS5308 I think it is a must have..............Alan

[Snav]

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How does a low voltage tester certify<(?) a high voltage capacitor?

[torro32]

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can uni-t be used for testing polyester capacitors ESR?