Ed thats old age creeping up. The memory is the first to go..Eric Eric E M Electronics 59 Wights Rd Deer Lake NL Canada A8A 2J2 Ph# 709 635 2627 tvman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Tel-Tek Electronics wrote: > BTW.guys. > Anyone know if there is a Silk screen available for the Dick Smith ESR Meter > for the values. > Mine is pretty well worn off, and my memory for values is depleting.;-) > > -Ed- > Tel-Tek Electronics > Ontario-Canada > > teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > teltek@xxxxxxxxx > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Myers" <jr.myers@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 5:59 PM > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: ESR Meter > > > >>The top scale shows ESR value for the capacitor you are testing, the >>bottom scale shows capacitance values as a reference so you know what >>MAXIMUM ESR value to expect. Rule of thumb is any cap that reads between >>half scale and full scale, (all the way to the right) is probably good. >>Any cap that reads to the left of 50% is bad or suspect. You'll get the >>hang of it very quickly the more you use it. The really nice feature is >>you don't have to remove the capacitor from the circuit to test it. >> >>The Old Master Technician >>******************************** >>Since 1972 * >>Jim Myers * >>Telrad Electronics * >>Fort Wayne Indiana * >>******************************** >> >> >>Old TV Man wrote: >> >>>There were several responses to my e-mail and I still don't know exactly >>>how to use it. >>> >>>In answer to where I bought it. I bought it at MAT Electronics from >>>their Summer Clearance Sale catalog SS905. The salesman quoted me $49.95 >>>and I told him it said $45.00 in the book. I think he thought I said >>>$35.00 and he said OK. >>> >>> >>> >>>Sender: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx From: >>>magpulser@xxxxxxxxxxx(Bil=A0Green) Date: Fri, Sep 16, 2005, 10:52am >>>(CDT-2) To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Old TV Man) Subject: [TechAssist] >>>Re: ESR Meter Reply=A0to: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> >>>Mat Electronics sells this model for $50. Where did you get it for $35? >>> >>>Bil >>>PC 1000 >>>M-Pulse 5000 magnetic pulse generator >>>http://magpulser.com >>>Mammoth Lakes, CA >>>760-924-1000 >>> >>>Friday, September 16, 2005, 10:04:04 AM, you wrote: >>> >>> $35.00 plus shipping. >>> >>> Sender: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx From: OTM> >>>wizhd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx(Dan=3DA0Williams) Date: Fri, Sep 16, 2005, 11:53am >>>OTM> To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [TechAssist] Re: ESR Meter >>>OTM> Reply=3DA0to: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> >>> Mine works same way. How much for it???? >>> >>> Dan W >>> Wizard Electronics >>> wizhd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> >>>----- Original Message ----- >>> >>> From: "Old TV Man" <mebonnell@xxxxxxxxx> OTM> To: >>><techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 11:37 AM OTM> Subject: [TechAssist] >>>ESR Meter >>> >>> After all these years the old TV Man has bought a ESR Meter (El >>>Cheapo). >>> >>> The website shows a picture of the meter. When I place the 2 probes >>>across a capacitor the needle goes all the way to the right. Anyone >>>seen one of these meters? >>> http://community.webtv.net/mebonnell/ESRMeter >>> >>> Thanks >>> Max Bonnell >>> Bonnell TV >>> Robinson, IL >>> >>>----------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>This Email List is accessible to the general public through search >>>engines. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm >>>Set Vacation >>>mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation >>>Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". >>>Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ >>> >> >>----------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>This Email List is accessible to the general public through search >>engines. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm >>Set Vacation >>mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation >>Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". >>Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This Email List is accessible to the general public through search engines. > Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm > Set Vacation mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation > Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Email List is accessible to the general public through search engines. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm Set Vacation mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/