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Originally Posted by jr_tech
Just for grins, I just measured the smallest cap that I could find in my (junk) assortment that had leads... (7.7 uuf according to my DE-5000)... the old Heathkit C-3 produced a sharp null on the eye tube at slightly below 10 uuf, so I believe that this bridge circuit is indeed capable of measuring small values of C using a 60 Hz source. 
jr |
Interesting. I never could get the lowest range on my C-3 to work. Thought it was because of the reason Old_TV_Nut mentioned. I tried another eye-tube.