ESR Meter Recommendations

Charles Anthony charles.unix.pro at gmail.com
Wed Sep 30 14:39:01 CDT 2015


On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 12:31 PM, ben <bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca> wrote:

> On 9/30/2015 12:24 PM, W2HX wrote:
>
>> Essentially these are two different measurements meant to measure a
>> different property of the capacitor. Capacitors have many properties,
>> many we know such as capacitance, working voltage, temp coefficient,
>> etc. Add to that list both leakage current (parallel resistance) and
>> ESR (series resistance). They tell you different things about the
>> capacitor's behavior.
>>
>> Hope this helps. Regards Eugene
>>
> Unless he's testing a flux capacitor...
>  roll that bench to 88 miles an hour



Since they made 3 of them, we can conclude that flux capacitors have low
ESR, yes?

-- Charles


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