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Originally Posted by Captainclock
I didn't want to invest in an ESR meter to try and figure out which caps in the power supply/inverter board were bad because yes a bare naked ESR Meter is only $15 on ebay, what scared me the most about those meters is that I could accidently short it out.
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If that is your main concern, for only a few dollars more, you can get one in a fairly basic looking plastic box:
https://www.amazon.com/SainSmart-Poc...ords=esr+meter
Or a nicer looking box wih some handy short clip leads:
https://www.amazon.com/Huhushop-Tran...ords=esr+meter
Either one of these, properly used, should substantially improve your chances of finding bad caps on these sets... bulged and oozing appearance does *not* tell the whole story.
just my 2 cents,
jr