Hoffman Amplifiers Tube Amplifier Forum
Amp Stuff => Tube Amp Building - Tweaks - Repairs => Topic started by: TubeGeek on October 21, 2014, 09:25:48 am
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I have a buddy who is selling his cap analyzer and I'm wondering what your opinions are on these cap checkers.
Would you find this tool useful for what we do?
http://eds-inc.com/product/capanalyzer-88a-series-ii/ (http://eds-inc.com/product/capanalyzer-88a-series-ii/)
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Sounds cool to me, but expensive and not necessary for guitar amp work. But for mini circuit board work, it's essential to avoid unnecessary soldering / de-soldering
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You'd have to physically adapt the "tweezer probe" which is designed for itty bitty surface mount caps to fit big fat 400/600 volt caps like the ones we use for tube amps. And those probes do *not* plug into the unit. Awkward, perhaps.
Overkill, IMHO.
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Well I picked it up for $40. Not bad.
Now I'll see if I can rely on this thing for telling me quality of caps.
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Forgot to add that it doesn't seem to affect the result if I extend the tweezer probes with mini grabber probes. This way I can measure axial caps easily.
I've been going through some old caps and confirming the duds. So far it seems to be giving me good results.
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Nice!
Please keep us informed on your results.
Brad :icon_biggrin:
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Well, for $40 you can't hurt yourself too bad; I was thinking you were about to spend $200+ on it.
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Well, for $40 you can't hurt yourself too bad; I was thinking you were about to spend $200+ on it.
I was expecting to pay around $75ish. The owner asked for $25. I gave him $40. It all worked out nicely.