Re: L/C Meter

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Original poster: "Steve Greenfield by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <alienrelics-at-yahoo-dot-com>

Actually, according to the websites I've visited the
Wavetek 27XT's lowest ranges are 2mH and 2nF. That
makes its lowest res on 3 1/2 digits 1uH (1.999mH) and
1pF (1.999nF). Even my homemade 555 based cap meter
goes down lower than that, and 1uH resolution for
inductors makes it virtually useless for many of my
purposes.

If that fits your needs and you need a digital
multimeter, it sounds like a good deal.

What other test equipment do people use that they can
recommend for listmembers?

Steve Greenfield

--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
> Original poster: "S & J Young by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <youngs-at-konnections-dot-net>
> 
> Steve & Others,
> 
> For about the same money, you can buy a Wavetek 27XT
> digital multimeter
> which measures a wider range of L and C and also
> frequency.  Many on this
> list report they use and like it.
> --another Steve
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2001 9:37 PM
> Subject: L/C Meter
> 
> 
> > Original poster: "Steve Greenfield by way of Terry
> Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <alienrelics-at-yahoo-dot-com>
> >
> > Just wanted to pass on a recommendation for a
> piece of
> > test equipment.
> >
> > I just bought a kit today, it is an L/C meter. It
> was
> > a construction article in Nuts and Volts magazine
> a
> > few years ago, this is an updated version, the LC
> > Meter IIB.
> >
> > It has a max resolution of .01pf and 1nH and
> measures
> > a max of 1.5uF and 150mH. It has an LCD display,
> auto
> > calibration and zeroing. The calibration uses a
> couple
> > of caps hand selected for each kit so they are
> within
> > 0.5% tolerance. Uses a PIC microcontroller and one
> > other IC.
> >
> > It is meant for nonpolarized capacitors, not much
> of a
> > limitation IMHO. I have a cap meter already that I
> > made with a couple of 555's that uses my digital
> meter
> > for a display, I can continue to use it for larger
> > caps and polarized caps. Measuring exact
> capacitance
> > is pretty much meaningless for 99.9999% purposes
> above
> > 10uF.
> >
> > It took me about a half hour to put it together,
> and
> > that was with interruptions. The gentleman who
> makes
> > it lives about a half an hour from here, so I just
> > called him last night and went over earlier today
> and
> > picked one of the kits up for $99.95 (plus tax,
> since
> > we're both in WA state). You can buy it assembled
> for
> > $129.95.
> >
> > http://www.aade-dot-com/lcmeter.htm
> >
> > I have no connection with Almost All Digital, I'm
> just
> > a happy customer.
> >
> > Just make sure you discharge those caps before
> testing!
> >
> > =====
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