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Re: L & C measurements cheaply, how?
From: D.C. Cox[SMTP:DR.RESONANCE-at-next-wave-dot-net]
Sent: Saturday, December 27, 1997 1:07 PM
To: Tesla List
Subject: Re: L & C measurements cheaply, how?
to: Adam
A very high quality LCR meter is available from MCM Electronics,
Centerville, OH, for a reasonable cost of $160.00. We use this meter a lot
around the lab for quick checks of L and C values and its reasonably
accurate for most TC measurements.
DR.RESONANCE-at-next-wave-dot-net
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> Subject: L & C measurements cheaply, how?
> Date: Saturday, December 27, 1997 12:57 AM
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> From: Adam[SMTP:absmith-at-tiac-dot-net]
> Sent: Friday, December 26, 1997 6:14 PM
> To: tesla list
> Subject: L & C measurements cheaply, how?
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> I am curious how most of you are measuring L & C's for homemade tesla
> components. I am looking for an inexpensive way. At school I had DMMs,
> scopes, function generators, FFT analyzers, the works, ... but now that I
> have graduated and gone home, and it is painfully obvious that I lack
> even the basic tools. I don't even have a digital voltmeter. I went
> looking through the catalogs I have here, and found only one inexpensive
> DMM that has inductance measurements: the wavetek 27XT. This unit seems
> to be able to handle the ranges necessary for Tesla coil parts, is
> anybody using this for measuring homemade components?
>
> I have tried using my cheap rat-shack analog voltmeter and 120VAC 60Hz to
> measure my cap & choke values, but the voltmeter impedance is way too
> low, and it's highly parasitic. Plus, it doesn't even zero properly.
> Someday, I'll save up for a scope & func. generator, but now I just need
> something cheap and convenient.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Adam
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