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Post #14 by Trash80toHP_Mini
Source Forum68kMLA
CategoryHardware
Post DateFri, 11 Nov 2011 - 18:16
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/how-do-you-test-diodes-resistors-and-capacitors.24200/
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No, just the capacitance setting on my cheap multimeter. And looking at the prices of an ESR meter I think I'll stick with that. ;^b

(I could replace every capacitor on all of my Commodore PETs several times over for the price of the cheapest one I see.)
I'm a tool user/collector/maker, so I'd rather do the ESR Meter project than soldering all my caps en masse! ;)

Maybe a better meter works moar better. I have a *fantastic* $20 China Special.
I've got half a dozen (at least, and I can never find the one I want ::) ) ranging from a $5 Harbor Freight Digital up through a nice Compact. Beeping CrapShack Digital and a really nice Analog Meter from the PhoneShack . . .

. . . before they turned into CrapShack! :lol:

I still haven't found a SillyScope for under $100, but then again, I've got a nice Logic Probe from Radioshack that's mostly untried for . . .

. . . waaaay longer than I'd like to admit! :I

mp.ls