TENMA 72-3155 LCR meter

MCM had this on sale for $40. In the middle of Advent Speaker restoration, and not having an inductance meter, I splurged.

I was frankly surprised, especially after reading a (basically favorable) review in which the reviewer made the not-unreasonable complaint that the test frequency was too low. (The unit measures the inductor's impedance, then mathematically removes its resistance. The higher the frequency, the less effect errors in the resistance reading have.)

I measured two precision Alpha-Core air-core inductors I'd bought for the Advent. The test leads measured 4 to 5 uH. After subtracting the test leads' inductance...

The 0.47mH inductor measured 0.475mH.

The 1.5mH inductor measured 1.527mH.

The spec'd accuracy on the 2mH range is 2%, +/- 8 digits. So (assuming Alpha-Core has much-better meters), that's not bad.

Reply to
William Sommerwerck
Loading thread data ...

Whoops. Wrong model number. It's 72-8155.

Reply to
William Sommerwerck

How does that compare to the relatively 'free' version of Bob Masta's, DAQARTA, LCR Meter using your soundcard?

Reply to
RobertMacy

I don't know. I don't own it.

Reply to
William Sommerwerck

from memory, something like 4MB download, and free TOTAL use for a while, and some kind of minimal stuff forever.

Actually runs on WinXP [and up, I think] AND Win98. If you never do anything else with it it makes for a great accurate function generator! Always use an extra source.

Reply to
RobertMacy

ElectronDepot website is not affiliated with any of the manufacturers or service providers discussed here. All logos and trade names are the property of their respective owners.