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Capacitor Tester???

Eliot Ness
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01-23-2016, 02:16 PM

Many moons ago my buddies and I used to buy up boxes of caps from hamfests. While 99.5% were epoxy and NOS, I felt safer checking them under working voltage before installing them. Old habits die hard and it only takes a few seconds to verify a cap is good. Makes me sleep better at night.......

John KK4ZLF
Lexington, KY
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Capacitor Tester??? - by Benny/W5TYZ - 01-21-2016, 02:51 PM

RE: Capacitor Tester??? - by morzh - 01-21-2016, 07:51 PM

RE: Capacitor Tester??? - by codefox1 - 01-23-2016, 11:20 AM

RE: Capacitor Tester??? - by Eliot Ness - 01-23-2016, 12:11 PM

RE: Capacitor Tester??? - by Arran - 01-24-2016, 04:46 AM

RE: Capacitor Tester??? - by morzh - 01-23-2016, 12:27 PM

RE: Capacitor Tester??? - by Eliot Ness - 01-23-2016, 02:16 PM

RE: Capacitor Tester??? - by morzh - 01-23-2016, 05:15 PM

RE: Capacitor Tester??? - by TV MAN - 01-27-2016, 02:51 PM

RE: Capacitor Tester??? - by Benny/W5TYZ - 01-29-2016, 10:16 PM

RE: Capacitor Tester??? - by morzh - 01-30-2016, 04:32 PM

RE: Capacitor Tester??? - by Eliot Ness - 01-31-2016, 11:06 AM

RE: Capacitor Tester??? - by Benny/W5TYZ - 01-31-2016, 07:18 PM

RE: Capacitor Tester??? - by TV MAN - 02-01-2016, 11:21 AM

RE: Capacitor Tester??? - by morzh - 02-01-2016, 07:22 PM

RE: Capacitor Tester??? - by HOTWIRE - 05-17-2016, 04:08 PM

RE: Capacitor Tester??? - by Eliot Ness - 05-17-2016, 05:03 PM

RE: Capacitor Tester??? - by HOTWIRE - 05-17-2016, 07:59 PM

RE: Capacitor Tester??? - by Eliot Ness - 05-18-2016, 07:14 AM

RE: Capacitor Tester??? - by morzh - 05-17-2016, 09:37 PM

RE: Capacitor Tester??? - by TV MAN - 05-18-2016, 06:42 AM

RE: Capacitor Tester??? - by Phlogiston - 06-20-2016, 04:57 PM

RE: Capacitor Tester??? - by HOTWIRE - 06-20-2016, 07:44 PM

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