Recommended Capacitor Tester

[thespeakerport]

Hello all...

Was hoping someone could make some suggestions for good, reliable capacitor tester. Is there one out there that can accurately test and provide information about a capacitor such as (capacitance (duh), ESR, Impedance, leakage, etc.) In a different thread, I voiced concern about not being able to accurately identify what specs an old/vintage capacitor had. It occurred to me that if I had a way to comprehensively test an 'original'; identifying the replacement would be cake walk. (I found and bought a few 'general' testers out on eBay and they work OK to provide basic information, but as I mentioned, looking for something that can truly and thoroughly test and measure a capacitor.

[stj]

Re: Recommended Capacitor Tester

a vintage cap will not be in-spec, so your idea wont work.

[ReeceyBurger123]

Re: Recommended Capacitor Tester

Peak atlas esr meter, very good.

[stj]

Re: Recommended Capacitor Tester

does the peak show leakage?

nothing that costs 2digit numbers will show ripple btw.

[gearhead63]

Re: Recommended Capacitor Tester

I have an old EICO 950B. It works for the stuff I work on, but will only tell capacitance and if it leaks. AND, you can test caps up to 500V for leakage. And it actually supplies 500 volts to the cap.

[ReeceyBurger123]

Re: Recommended Capacitor Tester

does the peak show leakage?

nothing that costs 2digit numbers will show ripple btw.

Works well for what I need it for

[brucetv]

Re: Recommended Capacitor Tester

The Peak Atlas ESR 70 is very nice. You can use in circuit, has automatic discharge before it analyzes the capacitor, shows Cap and ESR on a easy to read readout and has a automatic shutoff. Shows In-Circuit/Leaky when it senses a bad cap. I remove and re-test. Nice compact design for the field and gold clips. Different beep tones for each function...love it.