On Tue, 31 May 2011 12:17:38 +1000, Phil Allison wrote:

"Meat Plow"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEA5MfllPdg

Not a bad little meter for the $$$$. Anyone who does work on consumer
electronics ought to have one or something similar. Removes a lot of
guess work.


** I disagree.

An LCR meter is more useful for design and production than in servicing.

Many low cost DMMs include capacitance ranges that can measure from a
few pF up to 200 or 2000uF.

A dedicated ESR meter handles electros just fine while in circuit - and
lets you test all kinds of cells too, which an LCR meter often cannot.

Any DMM can read the resistance of an inductor or transformer winding.

The only function left is to measure inductors for value.


.... Phil

I'd like to see the meter described test at a higher frequency but other
than that I can't find much else wrong. I've been relying on an old Tenma
cap meter for years. It's gets you in the ball park. And there were
reliable repairs before LCR and ESR meters. I know, been at it from high
school back in 1970. These days I tend to shy away from anything I need
an ESR meter for. Plenty of vintage stuff out there that people like to
keep going.



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