Re: wavetek 27XT meter

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Original poster: "Ben McMillen by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <spoonman534-at-yahoo-dot-com>

Hi Terry,
  I've been considering getting one.. but I have some
reserve about them.. 

How do you measure capacitance/inductance with the meter?
Can you do it directly with the test leads or does the
meter have slots in the body? My current meter will only
allow you to measure through the slots in the body.. which
doesen't work so good for my transmitter cap where the
terminals are 1+ feet apart.. ;)

Coiling in Pittsburgh
Ben McMillen

--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
> Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I just got a Wavetek 27XT meter slightly used.  I am VERY
> impressed with it!
> 
> It has nice WIDE ranges of AC/DC volts, current and
> resistance.  It measure
> capacitances very well and I was very surprised it could
> measure small
> primary inductances (like 15uH) directly and with good
> accuracy!  It also
> measures frequency with perfect accuracy.
> 
> One thing I like is that if it is in the voltage range
> but the leads are in
> the current slots, it will beep at you to warn that you
> are about to blow
> the fuses.
> 
> A good solid (droppable) meter that works well and
> smoothly without any
> irritating flaws.  All seems of very high quality and the
> meter is easy to
> see in low light.
> 
> I really didn't need another meter but everyone likes
> these so much a
> decided to get this one when it was offered.  The
> capacitance and
> inductance ranges are very useful to coilers and they
> seem to actually work
> very well.  Like many others, I would highly recommend
> this meter for
> coiling work!
> 
> They go for about $120 new but sales abound.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> 	Terry
> 
> 


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