On Sat, 11 Jul 2015, Cursitor Doom wrote:

On Sat, 11 Jul 2015 02:52:21 -0700, Phil Allison wrote:

Be aware that the ESR meters intended for service work are only good for
electrolytic caps ( regular aluminium and tantalum ) and interpreting
the readings correctly requires significant operator knowledge and/or a
similar electro to compare with.

...Or a table of expected values vs. voltage rating vs. capacitance -
which comes with the Peak meter.

Surely if one buys an ESR meter, they should be practicing with it. Check
every electrolytic and tantalum, get a feel for the variation. Don't just
use the meter to "check some electrolytics that look bad" and be done with
it, until the next time you need to use the meter.

Michael