I bought the meter he linked to. It is really quite amazing. You can connect the component being tested, to any of the leads in any orientation. It figures out what it is and which way round it is, then measures it.
> On Aug 7, 2019, at 12:16 PM, Bill Notfaded <notfad...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Not as cheap but this is the LCR meter I use and it's highly respected on the > EEVBlog (one of my fav EE sites): > https://www.deree.com.tw/de-5000-lcr-meter.html > > You can buy the bundle on ebay and amazon for around a C note. I picked a > spare TL-21 and then hacked it to add longer kevin clip cables... there are > many videos on the internet showing it: > https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/de-5000-lcr-tl-21-mod/ > > These larger, longer kelvin clips have made testing things like these... I've > upgraded some Hafler DH-500 amps recently with new filter caps: > <E36D101LPC243UDA5M.jpg>24000UF 100V > > > > Until recently I had always thought a really good LCR meter was kinda too > pricey and out of reach for me. Well like many other things technology has > improved and reduced the price for very accurate testing gear. One thing > really nice is it's auto mode. When testing surface mount components > sometimes I've found it's hard to tell what's what. Is that a resistor or an > inductor? It's not perfect but most of the time it's spot on. The ability > to change the test frequency up to 100kHz is really nice. Most spec sheets > for parts in the US use 120 Hz and it's got that too. > > Bill > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google > Groups "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/neonixie-l/6jWXTmPhywM/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/1342ee5b-685a-4650-afee-8a220dae8ff3%40googlegroups.com. > <E36D101LPC243UDA5M.jpg> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/37316858-4059-4164-89A0-8B22473955F8%40gmail.com.
