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Capacitor Tester???
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(01-23-2016, 01:11 PM)Eliot Ness Wrote:  Just for grins I like to test some of the capacitors I replace.  I also test the new caps I put in since most come from China and I like to verify they are-what-they-are.  Most of the time they are fine, but I have found a couple of off-value "yellow devils" as I like to call them. 

Because I want to check these under voltage I use a vintage Jackson 650A that has served me well over the years.  I also have a Heathkit but I like using the Jackson a little better.

 I do that as well, truth be told I don't know where some of the yellow ones were made, Taiwan or China, but most have nothing but a value written in Pf and a voltage, no name, so none the less I still test them. Once I got a capacitor tester, or more acurately a resistance-capacitance bridge, I started testing everything because I used to buy a lot of NOS parts from a surplus house in Montreal, and also from estate/garage sales. I found some duds among the NOS ones I had, culled them from my stash, and just never broke the habit of testing any new ones I picked up. I have two cap checkers, one is an Eico, the other a PICO, the PICO seems to be more accurate for testing values.
Regards
Arran


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Capacitor Tester??? - by Benny/W5TYZ - 01-21-2016, 03:51 PM
RE: Capacitor Tester??? - by morzh - 01-21-2016, 08:51 PM
RE: Capacitor Tester??? - by codefox1 - 01-23-2016, 12:20 PM
RE: Capacitor Tester??? - by Eliot Ness - 01-23-2016, 01:11 PM
RE: Capacitor Tester??? - by Arran - 01-24-2016, 05:46 AM
RE: Capacitor Tester??? - by morzh - 01-23-2016, 01:27 PM
RE: Capacitor Tester??? - by Eliot Ness - 01-23-2016, 03:16 PM
RE: Capacitor Tester??? - by morzh - 01-23-2016, 06:15 PM
RE: Capacitor Tester??? - by TV MAN - 01-27-2016, 03:51 PM
RE: Capacitor Tester??? - by Benny/W5TYZ - 01-29-2016, 11:16 PM
RE: Capacitor Tester??? - by morzh - 01-30-2016, 05:32 PM
RE: Capacitor Tester??? - by Eliot Ness - 01-31-2016, 12:06 PM
RE: Capacitor Tester??? - by Benny/W5TYZ - 01-31-2016, 08:18 PM
RE: Capacitor Tester??? - by TV MAN - 02-01-2016, 12:21 PM
RE: Capacitor Tester??? - by morzh - 02-01-2016, 08:22 PM
RE: Capacitor Tester??? - by HOTWIRE - 05-17-2016, 05:08 PM
RE: Capacitor Tester??? - by Eliot Ness - 05-17-2016, 06:03 PM
RE: Capacitor Tester??? - by HOTWIRE - 05-17-2016, 08:59 PM
RE: Capacitor Tester??? - by Eliot Ness - 05-18-2016, 08:14 AM
RE: Capacitor Tester??? - by morzh - 05-17-2016, 10:37 PM
RE: Capacitor Tester??? - by TV MAN - 05-18-2016, 07:42 AM
RE: Capacitor Tester??? - by Phlogiston - 06-20-2016, 05:57 PM
RE: Capacitor Tester??? - by HOTWIRE - 06-20-2016, 08:44 PM



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