Re: Wine bottle replacement

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Original poster: "Gregory Hunter by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ghunter31014-at-yahoo-dot-com>

My own experience with cheap multimeters has been very
different from yours. I had the opportuninity to
compare two cheap (< $50) Chinese multimeters with a
very nice Mil-Spec Fluke meter belonging to my
employer. All three gave nearly identical pF/nF/uF
readings with various capacitors, including some of my
home-brew capacitors. Maybe you have a faulty meter?

Best Regards,

Greg
http://hot-streamer-dot-com/greg

--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
> Original poster: "J Whyte by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <xoom321-at-hotmail-dot-com>
> 
> don't be fooled, a cheep multimeter isn't going to
> measure your cap 
> accuratly at all.
> I have a military grade 10 nF cap, and I used a
> cheap multimeter to get an 
> "accurate" uF count. The cheap multimeter couldn't
> read the cap!! You need 
> EXPENSIVE, or hard to come by equipment to get an
> accurate uF rating!
> 
> A glass bottle cap could easily equal 500 pF or
> more.....
>