New ESR meter from Peak

The folks at Peak Electronics have just released their new ESR60
tester. This unit gives you not only ESR but also value. It is
protected from charged caps and fits in the palm of your hand.

AnaTek is the only distributor handling this nifty tester in the US.

See more at www.anatekcorp.com/testequipment/atlasesr60.htm

John
The Electronic Repair Center at www.anatekcorp.com
Professional electronic repair discussion at
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It looks very interesting. But does it really turn itself off after a
mere 10 seconds, or is that a misprint?

Cheers,
Bob

 

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

 

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.

 

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

 

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.

http://mcm.newark.com/NewarkWebCommerce/mcm/en_US/endecaSearch/partDetail.jsp?SKU=76-001&N=4

 

The Aussie one or the John's Jukes one?

N

 

The "official" web page is the Aussie one at
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~bobpar/esrmeter.htm (which I have to
admit is my embarrassing creation).....

Bob

 

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

 

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.

 

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
www.peakelec.co.uk/acatalog/jz_esr60.htm

 

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

 

The poor quality of their webpage does not inspire confidence.
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!!

 

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