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  • tieny
    Badcaps Veteran
    • Feb 2012
    • 478
    • USA
    #1

    Low capacitance meter suggestion

    I'm looking for a low capacitance meter specifically for measuring, film, ceramic, smd capacitors, etc.

    What would he recommended as a good quality meter?
    What's a cheap meter that would be good enough to work?
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    • multimeter
      Badcaps Veteran
      • Jan 2011
      • 739
      • united kingdom
      #2
      Re: Low capacitance meter suggestion

      check out the peak atlas range,there esr meter is great,if you want to measure in the pf/nf range,then there lcr meter is good for that(just for measuring the capacitance not the esr).
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        • tieny
          Badcaps Veteran
          • Feb 2012
          • 478
          • USA
          #3
          Re: Low capacitance meter suggestion

          Hm the lcr meter is a bit pricey, I just recently bought the peak atlas esr70 for 135$. Unfortunately it doesn't measure lower valued caps.

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            • Evil Lurker
              Warranty Voider
              • Feb 2011
              • 454
              #4
              Re: Low capacitance meter suggestion

              I got the peak lcr meter... really like it. Got it NOS off ebay for $80.
              Last edited by Evil Lurker; 08-07-2012, 01:32 AM.

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                • tieny
                  Badcaps Veteran
                  • Feb 2012
                  • 478
                  • USA
                  #5
                  Re: Low capacitance meter suggestion

                  Well, just lost my chance at a peak LCR 40 on ebay. Someone happened to have the same exact winning bid as me of 83$ (11$ shipping) but I placed mine in the last 5 seconds as the winning bid placed it a minute before mine. =/ Was hoping to get it for about 60$ but eh, oh well at least I didn't spend about 100$ for a used one =)

                  So still looking for a capacitance meter. Specifically one that is able to measure down to about 1 pF.

                  Looking around ebay I found this: anybody know anything about it?

                  http://www.ebay.com/itm/DM4070-2000u...item4ab27cf8e7

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                    • Alohamora
                      Member
                      • Aug 2012
                      • 37
                      • USA
                      #6
                      Re: Low capacitance meter suggestion

                      Originally posted by tieny
                      Well, just lost my chance at a peak LCR 40 on ebay. Someone happened to have the same exact winning bid as me of 83$ (11$ shipping) but I placed mine in the last 5 seconds as the winning bid placed it a minute before mine. =/ Was hoping to get it for about 60$ but eh, oh well at least I didn't spend about 100$ for a used one =)

                      So still looking for a capacitance meter. Specifically one that is able to measure down to about 1 pF.

                      Looking around ebay I found this: anybody know anything about it?

                      http://www.ebay.com/itm/DM4070-2000u...item4ab27cf8e7
                      DM4070 - I bought one of those about 3 years ago, when I was taking some community college electronics courses. The most annoying thing is that it only measures up to 2000uF capacitance, I would look for a 20,000uF range if I was shopping for a another meter today. The resistance ranges seems seem spot on when measuring some precision resisters and brand new caps measure close to their rated values, so I have no complaints about it's performance. (but I'm far from an expert).

                      The feel of the meter is Ok, not horrible but not great either. The blatant Fluke copy-cat appearance tends to annoy me quite a bit.

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