New ESR meter from Peak

It looks very interesting. But does it really turn itself off after a mere 10 seconds, or is that a misprint?

Cheers, Bob

John Bachman wrote:

Heck, I thought the 2 minute (or whatever) off delay of your ESR meter was often too short. :)

Wouldn't going to an LCD display greatly extend battery life so this wouldn't be such an issue?

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Howdy Sam, I had the same thoughts. I've downloaded the .pdf file from the Peak website, and it's not a misprint. Also the Peak meter appears to have alligator clips hard-wired to the meter in a Kelvin measurement configuration. Most techs I've been in contact with want normal probes for testing caps in circuit. Maybe preferences have changed over time....?

Rgds, Bob

Sam Goldwasser wrote:

The poor quality of their webpage does not inspire confidence.

N

HeHeHe... You just have to accomodate all types. :)

I dislike any test instrument with hard-wired probes!

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On my benches I have several brands of ESR meters....

*CapWizard *Bob Parker kit *ESD CapAnalyser 88A The one that most of my techs grab first is the CapAnalyzer 88A because it has the "one hand" tweezer probes that handle most pc mounted radial electrolytics.... and because the 88A has "automatic" capacitor discharge and variable DC resistance testing as part of the automatically starting test cycle.... most testing can be done with one hand so that the other hand can hold the PC board etc.. When wider spacing capacitor contacts need to be tested then we grab the Bob Parker meter which was our very first ESR meter.

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Peak's range of intelligent test instruments has an excellent reputation, regardless of their website. Have you ever seen the "official" page for the Dick Smith ESR meter? Really amateurish! :)

Cheers, Bob

"NSM" wrote:

As soon as I get back from vacation I intend to see if the tweezer probes that Peak offers for their other meters will also work with the ESR meter.

That would seem to satisfy all comers if it works. I will let you know.

John

John, These work very well with Bob's meter, although a bit expensive.

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The Aussie one or the John's Jukes one?

N

The "official" web page is the Aussie one at

(which I have to admit is my embarrassing creation).....

Bob

"NSM" wrote:

Well mate, that's what you get when you design with a wet wombat. Looks like a handyman built Queensland sleepout.

N

Yep, it's built for information, not good looks. :)

Bob

"NSM" wrote:

Further reading shows that it only reads up to a maximum of 10 ohms of ESR. Other ESR meters will read to 100 ohms or more. Many small caps can read over 10 ohms and still be quite OK.

Bob Parker wrote:

Hi all,

My first visit here and I'm very interested in your comments.

I'm the designer of the Peak Atlas ESR (Model ESR60) and I am keen t take on board people's suggestions and/or critisisms.

I'm also the designer of our website, what are poeple's thoughts an why do you feel that it does not inspire confidence? Our site "evolves over time as and when "free" time becomes available so I don't know i people still feel the same??

Anyway, I'm really pleased to take part in these discussions. Good t see some familiar names like Bob Parker and John Bachmann too! Hi :-)

Cheers for now,

Jez Siddons

PS. Forgot to add, I guess the web page in question i

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Jeresid

Dont see anything wrong there(unless the complainer wants popping and rotating logo's)-)-)-) Looks mean and clean(forgot to check out your product).

I'm not sure what he's talking about. The Peak web page looks great, as does the instrument.

Nothing wrong with that site, he must be on something!!

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Looks fine to me and works well on a basic browser without all the bells and whistles MS seem to insist on...

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