SEMCORE RC 115 Capacitor Analyzer

[Findm-Keepm]

Originally Posted by Tubejunke

Yes, pour around a couple grand into a nice Sencore LC102 and perhaps you can build add something that will just spit out a replacement cap!

It didn't cost me one tenth of that. You called the Sprague a "Caddilac" of testers - I guess my Sencore is just a Buick... I'm cheap, hence my building of my own SCR250 clone.

Originally Posted by Tubejunke

Besides Sencore's high dollar stuff, I don't know of anyone else making cap testers that at least test under real world conditions (rated voltage).

ESI made the good stuff - $14K testers/variable frequency LCR bridges that did it all, and even characterized the dv/dt (pulse charge/discharge characteristics) - something no one in the real world needs. I've seen one - turned on maybe 2-3 times a year for ISO proofing, and sent out every 2 years to get calibrated.

Bottom line for me is cry once, get a decent tester, but you'll find your time to be more precious than the $ to buy a decent replacement capacitor.

Time vs. cost of replacement....