i need to buy a cap tester and so far mostly for tv repairs i am wondering if one tester supersedes the other i was planning on buying both but now im thinking i could jst get away with a ESR tester does this make sense?
also, i was told that caps in a tv need to be a "low esr" but the testers i have seen just seem to have blinking light for "good" "not good" or i have seen ones with a chart that have a list of capacitence on one side and a volt rating on the other and you have to line it up like using a flow chart
ie
100uF @ 16v = 0.9
or
220uF @ 160v = 0.25
these ratings seem to be pretty spot on. if i do buy a esr meter how will i be able to tell if the cap im testing is high or low esr in comparison to what they were new?
also, i was told that caps in a tv need to be a "low esr" but the testers i have seen just seem to have blinking light for "good" "not good" or i have seen ones with a chart that have a list of capacitence on one side and a volt rating on the other and you have to line it up like using a flow chart
ie
100uF @ 16v = 0.9
or
220uF @ 160v = 0.25
these ratings seem to be pretty spot on. if i do buy a esr meter how will i be able to tell if the cap im testing is high or low esr in comparison to what they were new?
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